Teaching Learning Opportunities 

Educator’s Guide to the Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary (BTNEP)

The BTNEP Educator’s Guide to the Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary is a comprehensive, downloadable source of information and activities for formal and nonformal educators. Grades K-12.

Spirit of the Estuary: Using Art to Understand Ecology (BTNEP)

Spirit of the Estuary is a multi-disciplinary curriculum that addresses wetland environmental issues through the integration of fine art, language art, science, and social studies.

Project WET

The Project WET Curriculum and Activity Guide is a collection of over 90 science-based, interdisciplinary activities and lesson plans.  In the United States The Project WET Curriculum and Activity Guide is only available through workshops. Grades K-12.

Project WILD

Project Wild is only available to teachers by attending a workshop. To sign up for a workshop send an email to [email protected].

Aquatic Project WILD

Aquatic Project WILD offers activity Guides and workshops emphasize aquatic wildlife and aquatic ecosystems. Activity guides are free of charge to teachers who participate in three to six hour workshop.

Flying WILD: Birds Across the Curriculum

https://www.fishwildlife.org/projectwild/flying-wild
Flying Wild is designed for 5-8th grade students, and contains language arts, social science, and arts activities. You can receive a copy of Flying WILD: An Educator’s Guide to Celebrating Birds by attending and successfully completing a Flying WILD Educator Training.

WOW! The Wonders of Wetlands 

https://www.watereducation.org/product/wow-wonders-wetlands
More than 50 fun and effective learning-activities for both indoor and outdoor use. These activities focus on the three definitive wetland parameters: water, soil, and plants; and there are animal-oriented exercises as well.

Healthy Water Healthy People:  Water Quality Educators Guide

https://www.projectwet.org/
Available through the Project WET website. You can order the book without having to take a class. Cost is $24.95. Training workshops are through LA Department of Agriculture & Forestry: Office of Soil & Water Conservation. Contact Caitlin Joubert ([email protected]) 225-922-1269.

Lake Pontchartrain Basin’s Lessons on the Lake (LPBF/SLU/NOAA)

https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1998/of98-805/lessons/
Activities that teach about watersheds, in particular the Lake Pontchartrain Basin, which is part of the much larger Mississippi River watershed that covers more than half of the United States.

Project Learning Tree 

https://www.plt.org
Curriculum resources focusing on forestry, tree life, and forest wildlife. Includes teacher workshop details and comprehensive lesson and activity book correlated by subject, standard, grades, and activity. Teachers must participate in daylong workshop to receive materials, but website includes some lessons and activities.