WILD Aquatic are national award-winning conservation and environmental education programs emphasizing wildlife, designed for educators of kindergarten through twelfth grade, and sponsored by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. Project WILD activities are interdisciplinary and supplementary activities to enrich subjects, concepts and skills already taught in classrooms, summer camps, scouting, and at home. Graduate credit is available through the University of Alaska. Each participant will receive the Project WILD Activity Guide and the Project WILD Aquatic Guide , including over 150 activities. Community members are strongly encouraged to participate and present local knowledge relating to wildlife.
School districts provide food and lodging for a trained workshop facilitator.
The guide, Alaska Correlations , is available in hard copy and on the web. Presented in lesson-plan format, activity guides include objectives, methods of teaching, background information, available references, materials lists, and ways to evaluate learning. The guides help incorporate wildlife-related concepts into classroom curriculum. Communities include Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau, Ketchikan, Sitka, Togiak, Haines, Wainwright. Slots are available for several other communities.