FLYING WILD: Teachers are spreading their wings ... 
details on Passport To Texas.
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Passport to Texas from Texas Parks and Wildlife

Flying WILD is the newest addition to the Project WILD 
educational program. Middle school teachers now have 
the chance to incorporate the value of birds into their 
lesson plans.

Auburn Carpenter is Education Projects Manager at the 
Texas State Aquarium and Project WILD volunteer.

"No matter where you live in the world, birds are a 
presence. It is one of those species that you can find 
everywhere, even if you are in an urban area or a rural 
area, then birds are still around you." 

Free workshops and curriculum guides are offered to 
educators to help promote nature awareness to their 
students. 

"The students and the teachers as well tend to retain a 
lot of their information because it's presented in a fun 
way, and they're active, and they get to go outside and 
use neat tools to gather their information and their data."

Schools are encouraged to host community bird festivals 
to display the knowledge and appreciation students have 
achieved.

"I encourage the teachers to not be afraid to attempt having 
a festival because it really benefits the students and they 
get to use a lot of their science skills but they are also 
gaining confidence in presenting information to other people."
 
Details about Flying WILD can be found on the Texas 
Parks & Wildlife website. 

That's our show for today ... we had help today from Loren 
Seeger ... .For Texas Parks and Wildlife ... I'm Cecilia Nasti