National Wetlands Inventory

Kids and Educators

Wetlands Stuff

• February 2 is World Wetlands Day, sponsored by the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands. Posters, more.
• May is American Wetlands Month. The Izaak Walton League of America sponsors this event for the nation. Campaign Kit on-line with project ideas.

• Visit the Wetlands Mapper to see a map of wetlands near you
• Northeast region wetlands website, Wetlands Introduction. What are wetlands? How can I help?..
  
  
• Wetlands Coloring Book PDF. Also available in hard copy (175 bks/bx @ $52.50 plus shipping).
• Wetlands Education, Environmental Protection Agency, science fun, games, curriculum EPA
  
  
• Young Scientist's Introduction to Wetlands the Army Corps of Engineer's coloring book with text. USACE
• The Fragile Fringe A guide for teaching about coastal wetlands USGS
• Frogwatch, National Wildlife Federation. Find the frogs that live in your state, hear their songs, find out how to help. Leaving FWS website
• Purple loosestrife volunteers. USGS
  

More Habitat and Wetland Species Stuff

• Shorebird Sister Schools
  
  
• Schoolyard Habitat
• The Nature of Learning (formerly Earth Stewards) Resources and how to get involved
• Adopt-A-Salmon Family Program, Teacher's guide and newsletter
• School partners, Partners for FIsh and Wildlife program. How to become a partner and more
• Fish and Wildlife Service's Educator's Page has links for images, videos, library, maps, and training
• Endangered Means There Is Still Time (slide show)
  
  
• Hey Teachers - Teacher's Packet. How you and your school can help preserve rare, threatened, and endangered species -- contains activities, fact sheets, coloring books and more.
  
  
• Pictures/Images - Looking for images and drawings related to fish and wildlife? We have hundreds online, and thousands more to come.
• Ecosystem Photo gallery

• What's happening in nature, issues and solutions, visit the Service's quarterly newsletter for the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
• Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge, California, teaches about ecology, wetlands, and the environment for the surrounding area, using both field trips and classroom presentations, plus field trips run by Friends of San Pablo Bay NWR.

• Kids on the Web is a site created by our "parent" agency, the Department of the Interior. Very cool links for kids of all ages! DOI
  
  
• The Environmental Protection Agency - has a great site for students. Filled with links to ecosystems, air, conservation, water, environmental club projects, careers, internships and much more. EPA

• Kids Explorers Cub, EPA - Really neat stuff for kids ages 5 -12 . Explore the game room, plants & animals, water, garbage & recycling and much more. EPA
  
  
• Teaching Center, EPA - For information on Community Service Projects, Student Jobs, Scholarships, Grants, Awards, Workshops & Conferences. EPA
• Linking Girls to the Land - Interagency partnership between the Girl Scouts of America and the Environmental Protection Agency. EPA
• F.R.E.E. (Federal Resources for Educational Excellence) - website supported by 30 Federal agencies, visit Science section, and check out topic areas such as Ecology or Biology.

• Oceans Sciences Teacher's Center. VIMS. Leaving FWS website
• National Wildlife Federation: Educational Program Links Schoolyard Habitats program, educator resources, Campus Ecology program, Backyard Wildlife Habitat program, and Earth Tomorrow program. http://www.nwf.org/education/ Leaving FWS website
  
• Unpave the Way for Wildlife. Create habitat along the migration trail. Register your site.
  
• National Geographic's Geography Action 2003 Habitat website Leaving FWS website

• Nature Serve - Online encyclopedia of life (plants, animals and ecological communities of the United States and Canada) Leaving FWS website
  

• Moose Foundation Scholarships for Middle Schools - for U.S. and Canada grades 6, 7, and 8, $250 grants. Leaving FWS website
• Sea Education Association Internet-accessible lesson plans for teachers to help bring the ocean into the classroom. Leaving FWS website
• Project WILD sustaining wildlife curriculum, including high-school level science and civics. Leaving FWS website
• Kids for Saving Earth. Leaving FWS website
• Protecting your water and watershed, what you can do. Website developed for the Chesapeake Bay but applicable everywhere. The Chesapeake Bay Foundation also offers an educational site. Leaving FWS website