Aquatic WILD 2013:
A Reintroduction for Project WILD Coordinators
Aquatic WILD History & Goals
1987 First Edition
2000 Revised Project WILD Aquatic as part of
comprehensive PW program evaluation
2013 Expanded Goal: To build on existing
AW materials with emphasis on expanding
Field Investigations, STEM and Wildlife
Career opportunities
Webinar Goals & Guides
Webinar Goal: Familiarize PW Coordinators with expanded content and
updates within the Aquatic WILD 2013 guide in order to assist in the
format adaptation of facilitator and educator training experiences.
Adaptation: The adjustment or changes in behavior, physiology and structure
of an organism (Coordinator) to become more suited to an environment (AW13).
Behavioral Adaptations
Renaming
Relocations
Appendices
Front/Back Content
Activity Format incl.
In Step with STEM &
WILD Work
Online Resources
Physiological Adaptations
Structural Adaptations
Field Investigations Expansion
New/Removed Activities
Activities with Content Updates
Facilitator/Educator
Training Formats
& Agendas
Fish Ladder Speech
Expanded Field Investigations
•8 FI in the Guide; 5 of which are “expanded”
Just Keep Swimming…
Front Material Updates
Front Section
Removals Include:
PW: Connecting
to No Child Left
Behind
(vii)
*NEW* “What’s New for Aquatic WILD?”
(xi)
Moved “Evaluation of PW Materials” previous back material
(xii)
*NEW* “Teach Outside!” replaced “Outdoor Classrooms”
(xiv)
*NEW* “Aquatic WILD Field Investigations”
(xxvi) Renamed “Organization of This Guide” previous “How to
Use…”
(xxviii) *NEW* “Activity Format” Section
Behavioral
Physiological
Structural
NEW Grade Level
Designations & Alignments
Content Area was Subject
Area
Method & Materials now in
Sidebar
Activity Time was Duration
People Power was Group
Size
Terms to Know was Key
Terms-- many new Terms!
Behavioral
Physiological
Structural
NEW Opening
Statement
NEW WILD Work
NEW In Step with STEM
replaced Technology
Connections
NEW Questions to
Investigate
Student Pages were
Copy Me Pages
Behavioral
Physiological
Structural
Just Keep Swimming…
Allows educators to delve deeper into science,
technology, engineering and mathematics
content. STEM extensions makes use of a
variety of tools from litmus tests to
Smartphones and involve students in the
application of technology, science and math as
part of their problem-solving efforts.
A career component added to all activities to tie
in real occupations in the field of wildlife
management and conservation with every
lesson. Supplementary online resources to
use with WILD Work are linked through an
expanded WILD website.
Behavioral
Physiological
Structural
Online Resources
Behavioral
Physiological
Structural
Behavioral
Physiological
Structural
Just Keep Swimming…
Back Appendices Updates
(318)
*NEW* “Let’s Go Fishing!”
(320)
*NEW* “Grade Level Index”
(326)
*NEW* “Unit Planning”
(327)
*NEW* Additions to “Expanded Topic Index” relating to Field Investigations
•Making
Inferences
(335)
*NEW* “Inventory Methods”
(347)
*NEW* “Service Learning”
•Interviewing
People
(356)
Updated “Benefits of Classroom Aquarium” on enhancement of learning
(358)
*NEW* “Sustainable Seafood”
(364)
*NEW* “Climate Change Education”
(388)
*NEW* “What’s My Question”/ “Conclusions & Next Steps”/ “Data Collection Form”
Appendices
Removals Include:
•Simulated Field
Trips
Behavioral
Physiological
Structural
Field Investigations &
Expanded Field Investigations
Behavioral
Physiological
Structural
Eight Total Field InvestigationsFive are Expanded Field Investigations
Behavioral
Physiological
Structural
Field Investigations &
Expanded Field Investigations
8 New Field Investigations/ 3 of these
are *NEW* to Aquatic WILD
8 New Field Investigations/ 3 of these
remain unchanged from previous
Aquatic WILD
8 New Field Investigations/
2 of these were in previous Aquatic
WILD but have been modified to an
Expanded Field Investigation
Behavioral
Physiological
Structural
Seven *NEW* Aquatic WILD
Activities
As a method of data collection, students go fishing to investigate
local fish species and fish habitat.
Students evaluate habitat in the schoolyard to determine if sources
of food, water, shelter are available in the needed arrangement for a
specific animal species to survive.
Students investigate wildlife and signs of wildlife in their schoolyard
as well as the locations of water that wildlife might use.
Behavioral
Physiological
Structural
Seven *NEW* Aquatic WILD
Activities
Students plan and promote a PSA informing people about
actions they can take to conserve fish and aquatic environments.
Students create a “water web” to illustrate the interdependence
among water users and producers.
Explores occupations in wildlife conservation and involves
students in a simulated job fair and interview process. Students
research and interview for wildlife-related jobs.
Students learn about indicators or vital signs used to gauge the
health of streams and rivers, apply their knowledge in analyzing the
hypothetical urban waterway and write a prescription for action.
Behavioral
Physiological
Structural
Activity Content Updates
Plastic Voyages
• Title change from
“Plastic Jellyfish”
• Expanded
content to
include larger
issues with
marine plastic
pollution
• Procedures use
sand in place of
soil
Where Have All the
Salmon Gone?
A Whale of an
Issue
• Updated data
change from
variety of fish in
Columbia River of
Oregon to
Chinook Salmon
in rivers and
streams in
California’s
Central Valley
• Title change from
“When a Whale
is Right”
• Minor
background
content and
group division
changes
Behavioral
Physiological
Water’s Going On?
• Removed due to
similar objectives
covered in new
activity “Water
Works”
Structural
Training Adaptations
Behavioral
Physiological
Structural
Training Adaptations
Training Format
Trends
Next Generation
Science Standards
Behavioral
Physiological
Structural
Training Adaptations
Tabbi Kinion (L),
Colorado Project WILD
Jen Dennison (R),
Ohio Project WILD
Shannon Hafner,
Iowa Project WILD
Behavioral
Physiological
Training Format
Trends
Adapting the
training model to
include Field
Investigations
Structural
Training Adaptations
Behavioral
Physiological
Structural
Thank You WILD!