Interpretive/Outdoor Education Resources

Trout in the Classroom
Trout in the Classroom (TIC) is an NDOW educational program tied to the curricula for 4th and 5th grades, to teach students about the science, art, recreation and other values of fish and aquatic life.

Project Wild
Project WILD is one of the most widely-used conservation and environmental education programs among educators of students in kindergarten through high school. The program based on the premise that young people and educators have a vital interest in learning about our natural world. Project WILD emphasizes wildlife because of its intrinsic and ecological values, as well as its importance as a basis for teaching how ecosystems function. In the face of competing needs and pressures affecting the quality and sustainability of life on earth, Project WILD addresses the need for human beings to develop as responsible citizens of our planet. Contact our NDOW representative to learn more about how to incorporate this program into your curriculum!

Project Wet
Project WET (Water Education for Teachers) is an international, interdisciplinary, water education program for formal and non formal educators of students 5 to 18.

The Wild Ones
The Children's Education Program of Wildlife Trust.

Project Learning Tree
Project Learning Tree (PLT) is an award winning, broad-based environmental education program for educators and students in PreK - grade 12. PLT helps students learn HOW to think, not WHAT to think, about the environment. PLT, a program of the American Forest Foundation, is one of the most widely used environmental education programs in the United States and abroad.

Northern Nevada Interpretive/Outdoor Education Groups

Great Basin Bird Observatory

Northern Nevada Native Plants

Society

Sierra Club

Tahoe Rim Trail Association

Lahontan Audubon

Society of Northern Nevada Nevada Waterfowl Association

 

Southern Nevada Interpretive/Outdoor Education Groups

Red Rock Interpretive AssociationAudubon Society of Southern Nevada

Nevada Waterfowl Association

Statewide Education Groups

Nevada Natural Resource Education Council (NNREC)
The Nevada Natural Resource Education Council is a statewide not-for-profit organization whose goal is to develop and promote natural resource education in Nevada.

U.S. Government Agencies with Outdoor Education Information for Kids & Teachers

• U.S Department of Agriculture Kids Page
  
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Kids Page
  U.S.D.A. Forest Service Conservation Education
  
• NatureNet: The National Park Service's natural resource web site