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Wildlife Week 2010: "Keep Rivers Wild for Wildlife"

 

Wildlife Week 2009: "Nebraska's Wild Places"

 

Wildlife Week 2008: "Pollinators!"

 

Wildlife Week 2007: "Nebraska's Natural Legacy"

 


Wildlife Week 2006: "Migration, Wings on the Move"

 


Wildlife Week 2005: "Native Prairies"

 

 
 
Wildlife Education
Our Environmental Education programs promote hands-on nature education. We believe that different children learn in different ways, but all children benefit from real-world, hands-on activities that teach an understanding of, and appreciation for, wildlife and our natural world.

 

The Federation's Adopt A Stream program teaches Nebraskans how to

understand, enjoy, monitor and conserve their neighborhood stream. Through a series of workshops held across Nebraska, we have trained over 220 Nebraskans in basic stream monitoring and conservation techniques. Many of our Adopt A Stream participants are Nebraska educators, passing on what they have learned about chemical and biological monitoring to Nebraska students through hands-on stream activities.

 

 

Wildlife Week  is Nebraska Wildlife Federation's oldest education program. Each Spring, in conjunction with the National Wildlife Federation's celebration of National Wildlife Week, we sponsor Wildlife Week Nebraska. Working with partner organizations and agencies and financial sponsors, we notify thousands of 4th, 5th, and 6th grade teacher in Nebraska when Wildlife Week education information is posted on our web site. They also receive information on our annual Wildlife Week Poster Contest, and that information is posted here on our web site as well.

 

Our Wildlife Week Education Section is chock full of information that educators can use to teach Nebraska students about wildlife. The 2010 Wildlife Week theme is Keep Rivers Wildlife for Wildlife, celebrating the fish and wildlife that depend on Nebraska rivers. Visit our Wildlife Week page here and discover Nebraska's wild places and the fish and wildlife that live there.

 

Our Wildlife Poster Contest recognizes budding wildlife artists from  grade schools across Nebraska. Contest information and individual entry forms are available here on our web site or by calling the Federation office. The 2010 winning artists will be honored at the Federation's annual gathering May 1, at Pioneers Park Nature Center in Lincoln.

 

Schoolyard Habitat Areas bring wildlife and the natural world right to the schoolroom door. Students can learn about plant and animal biology through first-hand observation and experimentation Habitat areas can be used for a variety of subjects including math, literature, art, and science. In 1996, NEWF published the first Guide to Nebraska Schoolyard Habitat Areas, a how-to guide for teachers and parents interested in establishing outdoor classrooms, and which highlighted some of the best schoolyard habitat areas from around Nebraska.

 

The National Wildlife Federation now has a national Schoolyard Habitats® program, and schools can register their site online and receive information on starting, maintaining, and using outdoor classrooms.