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Project WILD
and NatureMapping Correlations to Washington State Essential
Academic Learning Requirements (EALR's)
Introduction
These correlations
demonstrate how each activity in the Project WILD, Aquatic WILD and NatureMapping
Activity Guides for teachers addresses the Washington State Education
Standards.
The correlations indicate
how each activity integrates learning requirements from the eight subject
areas of reading, writing , math, communication, science, social studies,
arts and health and fitness prepared by the Washington State Commission
on Student Learning.
- Project WILD activity
guide: 113 activities with correlations
- Aquatic WILD activity
guide: 40 activities with correlations
- NatureMapping activity
guide: 14 activities with correlations
The correlations
for the activities have been organized into two ways:
- By Activity:
Each Project WILD activity has a summary of the EARL's addressed. You
can check what EALR's are addressed by each activity. To find a particular
activity use the activity number and title.
- By Subject:
The correlations for the Project WILD activities are summarized by subject.
Use this matrix to find what activity addresses certain benchmarks you
are targeting. The numbers in the subject sections of the matrix correspond
to benchmark numbers in the Overview of the Essential Academic Learning
Requirements provided by the Washington State Commission on Student
Learning. For each activity a symbol indicates what subject area standard
is addressed and in a few instances whether it provides background information,
options or variations, extensions or evaluation that addresses the learning
requirement.
These correlations
are useful for educators as they develop curriculum:
- to integrate content
related to the environment into the basic subject areas.
- to use the environment
as an integrating context for study
The study of fish,
wildlife, habitat and ecological principles through the Project WILD and
NatureMapping activity guides helps educators cover many of the ten core
themes of Environmental Education.
The ten core themes
are:
- Wildlife &
Domestic Animals
- Fresh and Marine
Water Quality
- Plants, Food
and Fiber
- Human Populations
and Society
- Soil and Land
Use
- Minerals, Energy,
and Resources
- Communities and
Ecosystems
- Hazards
- Aesthetics &
the Built Environment
- Air Quality
Educators can use
these ten core themes to integrate environment into their curriculum through
project based studies.
One example of
curriculum integration is to:
- choose a concept
for study, example "systems" and a theme, example "Watersheds"
- design your learning
objectives, and
- restate those learning
objectives into essential questions
- use the content
and process of each subject area to contribute to addressing those essential
questions
WDFW's Project
WILD essential questions:
- What lives where
we live? (fish, wildlife and habitat)
- What is the state
of what lives where we live? (fish, wildlife and habitat)
- What can my community
do to sustain what we have? (fish and wildlife we value)
- What is my role?
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