Project WILD Resources

PROJECT WILD PROGRAM RESOURCES

The links within the topics described below generally apply to all Project WILD curricula. 
 

Animals in the classroom

• Alternatives to Raising and Releasing Wildlife for Education
• See also . . . 
  1.  "Animals in the Classroom" in the Appendix of Aquatic WILD K-12 Curriculum and Activity Guide  and Project WILD K-12 Curriculum and Activity Guide
  2.  "Benefits of Using a Classroom Aquarium" in Project WILD K-12 Curriculum and Activity Guide

Art & Illustration

Webinar Series: Drawing on Nature: Developing Students' Skills in Observation, Illustration, Data Collection and Nature Journaling

• Part 1: For Elementary Level Educators (webinar recording)
• Part 2: For Middle & High School Level Educators (webinar recording)
• Drawing on Nature Slide Deck (4 MB PDF download-- includes slides for Part 1 & Part 2)

Bow Seat Ocean Awareness Programs - the world's largest environmental youth program for the creative arts

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK 

The Project WILD Conceptual Framework serves as the conceptual basis for activities in the Project WILD and Aquatic WILD K–12 Curriculum and Activity Guides.  It is referenced by specific concept codes in each activity in the guides. The framework is divided by the topics Ecological Knowledge, Social and Political Knowledge, and Sustaining Fish and Wildlife Resources.

CORRELATIONS

Correlations to Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)

The documents linked below identify how Project WILD materials and training address NGSS in the respective activity guides as well as the smaller activity modules and their accompanying  online courses.

Curriculum & Activity Guides and NGSS:

• Project WILD (Fourth Edition) Correlations to NGSS Three Dimensions: DCI's, SEP's, and CCC's
• Project WILD Correlations to NGSS PEs (third edition correlations)
• Aquatic WILD (Fourth Edition) Correlations to NGSS PEs
• Growing Up WILD: Exploring Nature with Young Children--Correlations to NGSS PEs

Activity Modules and Online Professional Development Course Correlations to NGSS: 

• Aquatic WILD Online (correlations to activities used in the online course that also are found in the Aquatic WILD activity guide)
• Climate & Wildlife Online (correlations to activities printed in the module and covered in the online course)
• Flying WILD Online (correlations to activities printed in the module and covered in the online course)
• Project WILD Online  (correlations to activities used in the online course that also are found in the Project WILD activity guide)

Correlations to Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework

• Growing Up WILD Activity Correlations to Head Start Outcomes

Correlations to Sense of Smell and Growing Up WILD Activities

Correlations to NAEYC Early Learning Program Accreditation Standards and Assessment Items

• Growing Up WILD Activity Correlations to NAEYC Accreditation Standards 

Correlations to AFWA's K-12 Conservation Education Scope and Sequence

• Project WILD and Project WILD Aquatic (Third Editions) Correlations

Correlations to Common Core State Standards (CCSS):  English / Language Arts (ELA)

• Aquatic WILD Correlations to CCSS: ELA

Correlations to Common Core State Standards (CCSS): Mathematics

• Aquatic WILD Correlations to CCSS: MATH

Correlations to American Heritage Girls Badges

• Project WILD Correlations to American Heritage Girls

Correlations to Scout Badges

• Girl Scouts and Project WILD: A Supplemental Guide to Connecting Skill-Building Badges and WILD Activities
• Using Growing Up WILD to introduce Daisy and Brownie Girl Scouts to the Outdoors
• Cub Scout Trail Requirements Correlation to Project WILD, Aquatic WILD, and Growing Up WILD activities (May 2022)

Art and Music 

• Art and Music Connections to Project WILD, Aquatic WILD and Flying WILD Activities

Citizen Science / Community Science

• Citizen Science Connections to WILD Activities

Consumptive Use & R3

• Archery Connections
• Fishing Connections
• Hunting Connections

Environmental Education Materials Guidelines for Excellence

• How does Project WILD reflect North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE)'s Guideliens for Excellence for Environmental Education Materials?

Physical Education

• Correlations between Project WILD Activities and the National Standards for K-12 Physical Education Standards

State Correlations

• Project WILD and Aquatic WILD Correlations to the 2018 Virginia Standards of Learning for Science
• Virginia Science Standards of Learning K-6 Themes and Project WILD

English-languare learners (ELL), English as a Second Language (ESL), & Sheltered instruction

• Sheltered Instruction Using Project WILD and Project Learning Tree: Providing access to Environmental Education for Second Language Learners of English
• Video: Sheltered English Instruction Tips & Tricks

Books, childrens' literature, trade books with wildlife subject matter

• Nonfiction Books for use with Project WILD Activities (updated January 2026)
• Pollinators--Book List (2017)
• Early Childhoon Book List -- Growing Up WILD (2020)

North American model of wildlife conservation

• Wildlife Resources and Conservation in North America:  An Educational Guide

Remote learning

• Resouces for Educators and facilitators for conducting Project WILD online
• Resources for Parents

REPRINT policy

SCHOOLYARD HABITAT

• WILD School Sites Guide 

Wild research & evaluation