A.R.E.A.stands for Aquatic Resources Education Association www.areanet.org
I just returned from the AREA bi-annual conference in Corpus Christi and had the opportunity to meet many State Aquatic Educators and Biologists from across the country and other personnel from aquatic centric organizations like Trout Unlimited, State and Local Park departments and a few equipment vendors. It was very interesting to hear about all of the different programs and cirriculum that are being used to teach aquatic education and I think each Physh Ed grantee should reach out to their Fish and Wildlife/Parks & Wildlife/Dept.of Natural Resources staff to assist in developing their school programs. They have many resources and staff devoted to education and are eager to learn about your program and how they might get involved. I will be sending out an email to you with your state's aquatic education professional(s) contact information and hope that you take the opportunity to call/contact these great folks. They can add incredible depth to your program!
Please follow up with me on your partnering progress and let me know if I can be of assistance.
Friday, October 24, 2008
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I agree. The Wisconsin DNR was a great help for me. With the lenght of my unit, I have a lot of resources now to chose from with a lot of activities. They also sent me a Rules and Regulation book for each student so that has been great to get the kids into the rules and reading about them. Great cross-categorial activity (PE and Reading)!
The Aquatic Ed department in Iowa is great. We have the Fish Iowa! program which has great education tools and activities that tie in really well to the information we received in Michigan. We also were able to get rules books, fish ID guides, and several other handouts for the students.
The Trout Unlimited organization in my area has done a nice job getting me the equipment I needed for the salmon in the classroom program. I just set up my tank this week and treated the water. Learning a lot about water quality, temperature, and fish habitat. First time I have done this project so I will keep my fingers crossed.
I have worked with Illinois Dept. of Natural Resources for the past five years and they have helped in my 4th & 5th grade classrooms in several curriculum areas. Mark Yehling has helped with my fishing trips and program for the past 3 years by instruction and fishing equipment.
I have yet to work with any of these resources but I just attended the WAHPERD conference where I got a lot of great information as well as state contacts from Tonya Gnewikow
I have received some in information about the MinnAqua program that the DNR uses to help students learn about the fish and how they live. They have a neat book of lesson plans that are really thought out and work well with the 5th graders. Great resources to use!
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