The Junior Wildlife Ambassador Program is back for the 2023-2024 school year!
Your students can become Junior Wildlife Ambassadors through an online virtual presentation.
To book for the 2023-2024 school year, please head to our booking site
The Junior Wildlife Ambassador Program (JWAP) is an education program, whereby WILDNorth educates elementary students on the importance of wildlife in our community and empowers each student to take action in their own community. WILDNorth offers free, curriculum-specific presentations for Grades 3, 4, 5, and 6 in Edmonton thanks to Capital City Cleanup. There is a cost to book this presentation for schools outside of Edmonton. Please note that we do have reduced capacity as we update our programming to align with the new curriculum.
Grade 3 – “Life Cycles, Wildlife & My Community”
This program is not currently available. It is being updated as life cycles are no longer in the Grade 3 curriculum.
Grade 4 – “Litter, Wildlife & My Community”
Since a clean community is a shared responsibility, WILDNorth and Capital City Clean Up have joined forces to deliver the “Litter, Wildlife & My Community” classroom program. Educational and entertaining, this 60-minute presentation directly links to the Waste and Our World unit. It illustrates how litter harms wildlife and helps students identify actions they can take to minimize litter’s impact on wildlife.
Learning Outcomes:
- Recognize how human activity and the waste we produce affects wildlife
- Identify types of waste harmful or toxic to wildlife and our ecosystems
- Identify actions they can take to minimize the impact of waste on wildlife
Grade 5 – “Wetlands, Wildlife & My Community”
“Wetlands, Wildlife & My Community” takes students on a 60-minute virtual exploration through the Wetland Ecosystems and examines how human activities can threaten the survival of wildlife in these sensitive ecosystems. A clean environment is a shared responsibility; the goal of the WILDNorth and Capital City Clean Up is to empower students to do their part.
Learning Outcomes:
- Recognize numerous local examples of wetland ecosystems
- Identify examples of wildlife species in local wetlands and understand the adaptations that make them suited for wetland life
- Recognize how human activities can threaten the survival of wildlife in the wetland ecosystem and identify ways to minimize those impacts
- Recognize how changes in any part of an environment affects the whole environment
- Recognize that a clean Edmonton is a shared responsibility and everyone must do their part
This program will be updated for the 2024/2025 school year to ensure relevant curriculum links.
Grade 6 – “Trees, Wildlife & My Community”
Linking directly to the Trees and Forests unit, “Trees, Wildlife & My Community” is an interesting and enjoyable 60-minute investigation into the interactions between trees and the numerous wildlife species that students find in the boreal forest and in their own backyard. Because most of the wildlife patients WILDNorth receives each year are injured due to human-related activity, this program helps students gain the tools to make a difference and lessen their impact.
Learning Outcomes:
- Understand why trees and forests are valuable
- Recognize interactions between trees and numerous species of wildlife
- Identify the difference between coniferous and deciduous trees
- Identify how human development impacts wildlife and what actions they can take to minimize our impacts on wildlife
- Identify how human development affects trees and wildlife and the actions individuals can take to minimize that impact
This program will be updated for the 2024/2025 school year to ensure relevant curriculum links.
If you would like to receive this program, please click here to book a presentation.
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