The N.H. Fish and Game Department offers a variety of educational opportunities for teachers, both formal and nonformal. Upcoming workshops and classes are often posted on this page.

Projects WILD and WILD Aquatic Workshop
Time: Saturday, March 20, 2010, 9 am – 4 pm
Place: Owl Brook Hunter Education Center, Perch Pond Road, Holderness, NH
Cost: $60, includes 2 manuals, lunch and snacks
Project WILD is an international activity-based, supplementary curriculum that supports the teaching of conservation and environmental education concepts. Targeting classroom teachers and non-formal educators of K-12 students, Project WILD activities focus on wildlife and are both interactive and interdisciplinary. As students are intrinsically interested in wildlife, they readily engage in learning when it’s related to wildlife. While the Project WILD manual is full of activities relating to terrestrial wildlife, activities included in the WILD Aquatic manual focus on wildlife and concepts associated with aquatic environments. For more information, contact Mary at mary.goodyear@wildlife.nh.gov or (603) 271-6649. For a print-and-mail flyer/registration form click here.

Environmental Pathways in the Classroom -- A Project Learning Tree and Project WILD Workshop
Tuesday, April 6 (2 hrs), Saturday April 10 (4 hrs); and Thursday, April 15 (2 hrs); Bedford, NH
This workshop will introduce formal and non-formal educators to the award-winning curriculum materials of Project
Learning Tree (PLT) and Project WILD. These programs are designed to take forests, and wildlife, and make them real
for students. Activities are easily infused into everyday school subjects and busy classrooms. Each is aligned with
national and state curriculum frameworks. Click here for flyer/registration form.

Growing Up WILD: Exploring Nature with Young Children Ages 3 - 7
Time:  Wednesday, April 7, 2010, 1 pm – 4:30 pm OR Tuesday, April 13, 2010, 9 am – 12:30 pm
Place:  NH Fish & Game Dept., 11 Hazen Drive, Concord, NH
Cost:  $40, manual and snacks included
Growing Up WILD:  Exploring Nature with Young Children is a new supplementary educational program for young learners designed to connect children ages 3 – 7 with nature and wildlife.  Workshop participants will have an opportunity to sample Growing Up WILD activities that foster critical early childhood skill development, while tapping into children’s sense of wonder about nature and the wildlife around them.  For more information, contact Mary at mary.goodyear@wildlife.nh.gov or (603) 271-6649. For a print-and-mail flyer/registration form click here.

Growing Up WILD: Exploring Nature with Young Children Ages 3 - 7
Date/Time: Thursday, May 13, 2010, 9 am – 12:30 pm
Place:  The Fells, 456 Route 103A, Newbury, NH  
Cost:  $40, manual and snacks included
New supplementary educational program for young learners designed to connect children ages 3 – 7 with nature and wildlife.  Workshop participants will have an opportunity to sample Growing Up WILD activities that foster critical early childhood skill development, while tapping into children’s sense of wonder about nature and the wildlife around them.  For more information, contact Mary at mary.goodyear@wildlife.nh.gov or (603) 271-6649. For a print-and-mail flyer/registration form click here.

Watershed Ecology Institute
July 19-23 and 26-30, 2010, at the Plymouth Regional High School in Plymouth, NH
This 10-day summer institute class is offered through the University of New Hampshire division of continuing education, and is taught by staff from New Hampshire Fish and Game, UNH Cooperative Extension and the N.H. Department of Environmental Services. The class uses watersheds as a framework for studying wetlands, rivers, streams, lakes, ponds and estuaries. In addition to strong background information, the course includes plenty of curriculum materials and activities for the classroom. Ideal for science educators, youth leaders and community leaders. College credit and tuition assistance available. For more information, call Fish and Game Aquatic Resources Education at (603) 271-0456 and ask for Judy Tumosa, or email judy.l.tumosa@wildlife.nh.gov to request a brochure and registration form. Click here for the 2010 registration brochure (pdf file).

The classes and workshops listed below are offered periodically; check this page for current course listings.

Watershed Ecology Summer Institute: Ten-day summer course geared to science educators and community leaders. Held at Bow High School in Bow, N.H. Participants use watersheds as a framework for studying wetlands, rivers, streams, lakes and estuaries. Explore techniques for applying science in real-world situations, using hands-on, experiential learning. Participants will receive curriculum materials and lots of ideas for classroom activities. The course can be taken for 2 credits from the UNH Division of Continuing Education or as a non-credit course. Two week course, 8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. For more information, contact Judy Tumosa, Fish and Game Aquatic Resources Education, at (603) 271-3212. <return to top>

Environmental Pathways in the Classroom
An introduction to the award-winning materials of Project Learning Tree, Project WET, and Project WILD, for Pre-K through Grade 8 Educators (in-service, pre-service, formal and nonformal). Learn how to take wildlife, forests and water and make them real for your students. Activities easily infused into busy classrooms. Each is alligned with national and state curriculum frameworks. <return to top>

Below Zero
A supplementary education program that focuses on understanding wildlife in frozen environments. That's certainly the Northeast for several months of the year! Below Zero was created by the Canadian Wildlife Federation and designed to complement the Project WILD activity guide. Like Project WILD, Below Zero activities are both interactive and inter-disciplinary, and target both formal and non-formal, K-12 students. If you are looking for ways to enhance your students' or visitors' understanding of the winter environment and the many adaptations and strategies wildlife use to survive it, then this content- and activity-based workshop is for you. <return to top>

Project WILD and WILD Aquatic workshops
Project WILD is an international activity-based, supplementary curriculum that is a great help in the teaching of conservation and environmental education concepts. Targeting classroom teachers and non-formal educators of K-12 students, Project WILD activities focus on wildlife and are both interactive and interdisciplinary. As students are intrinsically interested in wildlife, they readily engage in learning when it's related to wildlife. While the Project WILD manual is full of activities relating to terrestrial wildlife, activities included in the WILD Aquatic manual focus on wetlands wildlife. Click here for more on Project WILD.

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