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May 3, 2007
ODNR CURRICULUM RECEIVES AWARD FOR CONTRIBUTION TO
PUBLIC AWARENESS OF WILDLIFE ISSUES
“Science and Civics: Sustaining Wildlife” is named a significant publication
 COLUMBUS, OH - The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife’s Science and Civics: Sustaining Wildlife high school curriculum was recently honored for making a significant contribution to public understanding of environmental issues.
The Environmental Education Council of Ohio (EECO) presented division representatives with the Publications Award during the group’s annual conference on April 28 at the Aullwood Audubon Center.
Science and Civics: Sustaining Wildlife is an extension of the nationally renowned Project WILD curriculum geared toward high school students. It is designed to serve as a guide for involving high school students in environmental action or service learning projects aimed at benefiting local wildlife. It involves young people in making decisions affecting people, wildlife, and their shared habitat in the community.
The program partners science and social studies classes and consists of four major components:
- Awareness: students from both classes investigate the impact of human activities on local habitat quality and quantity in an effort to identify a local issue or project;
- Participatory Democracy: students learn how the three branches of government can affect wildlife through policies and laws with lessons that are appropriate for civics and social studies courses;
- Habitat Exploration: students investigate the potential site by studying the soil, water and wildlife that are found there;
- Taking Action: guides both science and social studies students in designing, implementing and communicating projects to enhance a particular site. These lessons are appropriate for ecology and environmental science units of science courses;
The Division of Wildlife administers Project WILD and the Science and Civics: Sustaining Wildlife curriculum in Ohio. Workshops are offered for educators wishing to know more about this innovative curriculum. More information is available on the Division of Wildlife’s Web site at ohiodnr.com/wildlife
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