Idaho’s Wild Idea

Sun., May 12, 1996

Idaho Fish And Game

Habitat

Since it was founded in 1984, Project WILD has attracted 69 percent of Idaho’s active teachers to workshops that help them incorporate wildlife in their curriculums.

The workshops, conducted by the Idaho Fish and Game Department, are open to educators and youth group leaders interested in using wildlife as a teaching tool, said Chrystal Roder, University of Idaho Fish and Wildlife Department coordinator.The materials are designed to fit into a school’s curriculum for teaching everything from science to composition, anthropology to home economics and government to social studies.

Instead of using apples and oranges, it uses wildlife, said John Gahl, IFG education supervisor. Of the Idaho teachers who have participated, 97 percent use Project WILD materials in class, Roder said. Students can learn graphing through bears, listening through birds, analysis through grasshoppers, research through whales, measurement through spiders and observation through salmon.

Info: (208) 769-1414.

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