Wingspan Curriculum Packet

Friends of Feathered Flyers Bird Activity Boxes

Click here for free-loan educational activity boxes filled with bird education videos, youth and adult binoculars, bird eggs, nests, lesson plans, books, posters and more!

Give Wildlife a Chance Poster Contest

Learn more about a unique opportunity for your students to explore the wonders of Georgia's native plant and animal species.

Wildlife Regulations and the Georgia Teacher

Learn about the guidelines for holding and collecting animals for educational purposes.

Teaching Conservation to Third-graders Award

The Nongame Conservation Section of Georgia DNR's Wildlife Resources Division is offering a $1,000 grant to a third-grade teacher who demonstrates exceptional energy and innovation in the classroom in the life sciences. One teacher will be selected based on project design and how well the grant proposal questions are answered.  

Download the grant guidelines and application here.                  Deadline to apply is October 1, 2011.      

Funding is made available by The Environmental Resources Network. TERN is the friends group of the Nongame Conservation Section. Grant details are also available at www.eeingeorgia.org.

Conserving Georgia's Wildlife: 12 Case Studies

Use this link  on Georgia's State Parks and Historic Sites website to search 12 case studies of educational resources that parents and educators can use in teaching about Georgias rich wildlife and habitat diversity.

Becoming a Wildlife Rehabilitator

So you want to be a wildlife rehabilitator? Click here to find out how you can become a wildlife rehabilitator.

Species Fact Sheets

Need some quick facts on a  particular species of wildlife?  Find it here!  Species include black bears, ruffed grouse, clapper rails, skunks, raccoon, deer, dove and many more.  Information includes biology, habitat, food habits and more.

Wildlife in Your Backyard (or Schoolyard!)

Go to this page to find lots of fact sheets of fun things to do in your backyard and/or schoolyard, including buttefly basics, bat boxes, bird boxes, checklists and other tips and facts!

North American Model of Wildlife Conservation

The North American Model of Wildlife Conservation is the world’s most successful. No other continent has conserved as many species of native wildlife as North America. This is due, in large part, to forward thinking early conservationists who saw the need to conserve wildlife and their habitats.