Project Wild at Eisenhower Park

With the residual rain from a tropical storm named Hermine, today was a perfect example that we must sometimes cater our plans to Mother Nature. San Antonio and its surrounding areas are so often victims to drought, that even our youth cheer at the sights and sounds of rain.

Top picture is Susan Campbell using song as a lesson demonstration. Pictured below Susan, is Chris Moseley  providing explanation of today's activities.

Unfortunately, today's downpour cancelled a few of the planned activities. However, our facilitators-- Chris Moseley, Susan Campbell, Matthew Driffell and Koy Coffer did an excellent job in ensuring that not a dull moment was to be found under our pavilion.

Each workshop participant was given an assortment of materials
and two textbooks. These textbooks will undoubtedly, be a priceless addition to any K-12 classroom.

Several of today's activities required that participants work  individually and in both small and large groups. The mixture of teaching strategies made the learning experience more enjoyable, especially given the weather conditions that we were each required to work through.

Our final group project (pictured below) was a larger project. Using an activity chosen from our textbooks, we created and presented a fun and interactive science lesson to our peers.

The lesson titled, How Many Bears Can Live in This Forest, required the use of materials that are readily available in nearly all classrooms. The objecitves, methods and procedures for this lesson were all very simple and user friendly.

Five other groups presented their lessons as well. After completing our lesson and watching/interacting with the remaining five lessons, I definititely appreciate the importance of incorporating these tools into the classroom. Often times education is the best prevention. Educating our youth about the importance of preserving nature is now even easier with the help of Project Wild.  Thank you Texas Parks and Wildlife Department!  

http://www.projectwild.org/

http://www.sanaturalareas.org/

http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/