Oklahoma Project WILD
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About Oklahoma Project WILD
IMPORTANT – PLEASE READ! Oklahoma Project WILD will be discontinued at the end of September 2023 due to elimination of funding. See below for the dates of the final workshops. Many thanks to the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation who provided financial support of the program for 39 years, to the University of Central Oklahoma who gave us a great home for the past 15 years, to all of the volunteer facilitators who taught many, many workshops and to everyone who has attended an Oklahoma Project WILD workshop.
Oklahoma Project WILD allows you to bring together children and animals, nature and knowledge. It’s a winning combination that generates curiosity, captures interest, and unleashes the natural instinct in children to learn. Hands-on activities give life to textbook pages and give you the opportunity to creatively teach about the outdoors within core subjects such as science, math, social studies, and language arts. Project WILD materials support STEM learning and instruction for students in pre-K through grade 12.
Oklahoma Project WILD is a program of the University of Central Oklahoma with funding provided by the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation.
For more information or to register, contact the Oklahoma Project WILD Coordinator, Lisa Anderson, at okprojectwild@uco.edu.
Workshops
We welcome any adult who wants to teach kids about the outdoors at Oklahoma Project WILD workshops and professional development credit is available for educators. You can only receive activity guides by attending a workshop. Workshops are FREE and we ask that you devote four to six hours to learn how to use the guides and become familiar with activities.
- WILD about READING: is an enhanced Project WILD workshop where literacy is the focus. The workshop offers experiences with a wide variety of literature and opportunities to write, speak and listen that are designed to enhance Project WILD activities.
- Growing Up WILD: is a nature-based curriculum for educators of children ages 3-7. It builds on children’s sense of wonder about nature and invites them to explore the world around them.
You must pre-register for all workshops by emailing the listed contact. Workshops involve moderate physical activity.
Schedule
These workshops are FREE.
For more information or to register, contact the Oklahoma Project WILD Coordinator, Lisa Anderson, at okprojectwild@uco.edu.
September 16
WILD about READING
UCO Boathouse at Arcadia Lake
Edmond
9 am to 3 pm
September 23
Growing up WILD
UCO Boathouse at Arcadia Lake
Edmond
9 am to 3 pm