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| South Dakota Project Learning Tree
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SD PLT is an award-winning,
interdisciplinary environmental education program for educators
working with students in PreK through grade 12. PLT helps
students gain awareness and knowledge of the natural and built
environment, their place within it, as well as their
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South Dakota PLT
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Project Learning Tree |
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| South Dakota Project
WILD |
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Project Wild teaches students how to
think not what to think about fish and wildlife
conservation. The curriculum guides contain over 260
activities for K-12. |
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South Dakota Project WILD |
Project Wild |
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| South Dakota Project WET |
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WET (Water Education for Teachers) trains and
equips educators to teach about all aspects of water. In
addition to the 90+ activities offered in the Guide, WET
offers Healthy Water, Healthy People, a water quality
monitoring curriculum and Discover A Watershed: Missouri
River, a 4-12 science and geography curriculum. |
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Project WET |
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Ag in the Classroom |
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Ag In The Classroom is a
nationwide program designed to help students develop an
awareness and understanding of our food and fiber system, and
how agriculture impacts our daily lives. Ag In The Classroom (AITC)
provides training and resources to use agriculture as a vehicle
to teach across existing curriculum. |
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Ag in the Classroom |
Ag in the Classroom |
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| Leopold Education Project |
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The Leopold Education Project (LEP) uses the
writings of renowned conservationist, Aldo Leopold, and related
field investigations to foster critical thinking about and
understanding of the land as a community. |
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South Dakota LEP
| Leopold
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| South Dakota Project Webfoot |
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Webfoot offers a wetlands curriculum that
includes the Wonders of Wetlands curriculum guide,
wetlands water fowl ID DVD, classroom posters and reading list. |
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SD Webfoot
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Project Webfoot |
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Agencies & Organizations |
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Badlands National Park:
Activities |
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Black Hills State Collegiate
Outdoor Leadership Program |
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Bramble Park Zoo |
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Custer State Park |
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East Dakota Water Development District |
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EPA Region 8
Environmental Ed |
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Contact
Wendy Dew |
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Flandreau Sioux Tribe |
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Contact: Vikki Kujawa – 997-3891 |
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| Haakon County Conservation District |
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Natural
Resource Conservation Service (US Dep't of Ag) |
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National Wildlife Refuges in South Dakota (US Fish &
Wildlife) |
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The Outdoor Campus |
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Roots
and Shoots (affiliated with
Bramble Park Zoo) |
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Contact: Barb Struwe – 882-6269 |
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Classroom |
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South Dakota Association of
Conservation Districts |
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South Dakota Discovery Center |
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South Dakota Game,
Fish & Park Outdoor Learning |
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South Dakota Geological
Survey |
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| South Dakota Lakes and Streams
Association |
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Contact Don Marquardt -
605-756-4402 |
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United States Fish and Wildlife Service
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Contact Jennifer Briggs -
605-256-2974 |
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Water Resources Institute |
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Contact: Dave German -
605-688-4910 |
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Wind Cave National Park |
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Lesson Plans, Kits & Activities |
| Kits |
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Critter Crates -
Critter crates are resource trunks filed with furs, skulls,
activities and more! Each crate requires a $75 deposit. Crates
available throughout the state include: Mammal Crate A, Mammal
Crate B, Bat Crate, Coyote Crate, Elk Crate, Endangered Species
Crate, Grassland/Sod Box, Prairie Crate, and Tree Trunk.
Wetlands Trunk. K- 4. Features games, books,
posters and puppets to teach students about wetlands.
Contact: SD Discovery Center 605-224-8295
GEMS Kits. K-8. Free
for teacher members of
the SD Discovery Center. Fee applies for non-members. Great
Explorations in Math & Science kits feature everything you need
to lead inquiry based learning on nature and the outdoors.
See the
GEMS page for a complete list of kits and rental
information. |
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| Lesson Plans &
Activities |
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Incredible Journey. An activity from Project WET on the
Water Cycle. Requires ADOBE. |
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Environmental Exchange Box. A sample Project Learning
Tree activity. |
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Make Your Own Paper A sample Project Learning Tree
activity. |
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The Natural Source.
SD specific adaptations to Project WILD. |
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Water Festival Activities. Plans for the activities and
supplemental activities featured at the Big Sioux Water Festival |
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Links and References |
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