Learning on the Wing

Photo: US FWS - MNWR

Learning Resources

There are many resources available that educators can use to teach their students about the environment. Below are selected links with materials that are free or very inexpensive that can be directly used or adapted to an existing curriculum. Learning about the environment is fun for all ages, so be creative and use the links to capture your students attention.

Partners in Paradise A large (80 pages; requires Acrobat reader) document with a curriculum for 'migratory birds and our habitat'.
Pioneer Valley Wetlands Fest 2001 Has a wealth of material, including a list of links for educators and the following:
Wetlands Primer
FWS page for "kids and educators" mostly links.
FWS - Conserving Wildlife and Habitats with links to various additional topics.
EPA Wetlands Division home page Main EPA site with Wetlands information
EPA education site with additional links for teachers, students, etc.
EPA wetlands teaching material site
EPA Environmental Education Center site for teachers. See also curriculum resources on this site.
New York DEC workshops for educators
Kansas Collaborative Research Network Lots of material, lesson plans, but not much on migration.
St. Mary's School: Learning on the Wing Links to several learning resources.
Society of Wetlands Scientists
NCSU Water Shedds Information on Wetlands - Educational resources page
Project Wild - some of the material here is not free but the site still should be useful.
edhelper.com - Free lesson plans from algebra to Shakespeare, with a few wildlife-related categories.
Journey North Global Study of Wildlife Migration
Wildlife Management Activity Guide for Teachers A Compilation of Activities for Teaching About Upper Peninsula Wildlife Management In High School written by Upper Peninsula teachers - includes lesson plans (some are fairly basic)
Canadian WIldlife Service: Osprey information page "Hinterlands Who's Who Fact Sheet" - there are links to similar pages for many other species.

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Partners in Paradise	A large (80 pages; requires Acrobat reader) document with a curriculum for 'migratory birds and our habitat'.
Pioneer Valley Wetlands Fest 2001	Has a wealth of material, including a list of links for educators and the following:
Wetlands Primer
FWS page for "kids and educators"	mostly links.
FWS - Conserving Wildlife and Habitats	with links to various additional topics.
EPA Wetlands Division home page	Main EPA site with Wetlands information
EPA education site	with additional links for teachers, students, etc.
EPA wetlands teaching material site
EPA Environmental Education Center site	for teachers. See also curriculum resources on this site.
New York DEC workshops for educators
Kansas Collaborative Research Network	Lots of material, lesson plans, but not much on migration.
St. Mary's School: Learning on the Wing	Links to several learning resources.
Society of Wetlands Scientists
NCSU Water Shedds	Information on Wetlands - Educational resources page
Project Wild	- some of the material here is not free but the site still should be useful.
edhelper.com - Free lesson plans	from algebra to Shakespeare, with a few wildlife-related categories.
Journey North	Global Study of Wildlife Migration
Wildlife Management Activity Guide for Teachers	A Compilation of Activities for Teaching About Upper Peninsula Wildlife Management In High School written by Upper Peninsula teachers - includes lesson plans (some are fairly basic)
Canadian WIldlife Service: Osprey information page	"Hinterlands Who's Who Fact Sheet" - there are links to similar pages for many other species.