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Tools for Kids and Teachers

We hope our WildKids page is educational and fun!

The information here can help you with your homework assignments. Be sure to work with your parents, teachers and librarians on homework assignments, but if you get stuck or need something more, please have an adult contact us.

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IDAHO CHILDREN AND NATURE NETWORK'S
"BE OUTSIDE" INITIATIVE LAUNCHES

Kids and Nature Logo

A diverse coalition of over 100 entities, including the US Fish and Wildlife Service, is working together to "Connect Idaho's children with nature, from backyards to mountaintops." Click here for the official website:


Click here for the USFWS "Let's Go Outside" national kids' website, too!

Idaho Public TV's "Dialogue" program on the Idaho Children and Nature Network's "Be Outside" statewide initiative

Tools for Kids

Research It!

Idaho Critters

Idaho species fact sheets
ECOS online species database
NCTC Conservation Library
Digital images library
Idaho Watchable Wildlife Publications

Color It!

Living With Carnivores Cub-Pack
Fish, Wildlife and People: Mark Trail
Migratory Birds: Catalysts for Conservation
Wildflowers of Southwest Idaho
Pacific Salmon and Steelhead

Go Do It!

Junior Duck Stamp Program
Bald Eagle Days
Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge for Kids Nampa, Idaho
Wenatchee River Salmon Festival at Leavenworth National Fish Hatchery
Idaho Salmon and Steelhead Days
Kids in the Creek Program
The Portneuf River Ecosystem Project
Pocatello Sagebrush ArtsFest
Foothills Learning Center - Learn more about Boise's foothill ecology
MK Nature Center, Boise
Zoo Boise - Visit the Southern Idaho ground squirrel area, too!
Pocatello Zoo

Tools for Teachers

US Fish and Wildlife Service Education Information
Digital Images Library
Fisheries Education for Teachers
Rachel Carson - A Conservation Legacy: Book Club and Activities
Environmental Education at Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge
Connecting Children and Nature - National Initiative: Richard Louv's C&N Nature Network

Federal Agency Education Programs

Fire Education
BLM's "Take It Outside!" Program
US Forest Service Kids
US Forest Service SmokeyBear
National Park Service Web Rangers
US EPA Environmental Kids Club

Idaho Programs

Idaho Department of Fish and Game Education Programs
Idaho State Watchable Wildlife Program and Publications
Idaho Environmental Education Association
Idaho Project Learning Tree - Forest Education
Idaho Project WET - Water Education
Idaho Project WILD
National Project WILD

Zoos

Zoo Boise
Pocatello Zoo

Idaho Environmental Education Programs and Schools

Teton Science Schools
Yellowstone Institute
Foothills Learning Center
Sawtooth Science Institute
Idaho Bird Observatory and IDO Blogspot
Teton Regional Land Trust

Conservation Organization Education Sites

Wildlife Conservation Society
Defenders of Wildlife
World Wildlife Fund
National Wildlife Federation
National Wildlife Federation's Backyard Habitat Program

Last updated: July 16, 2009