Wild Voices for Kids $10,000

The Wild Voices for Kids program is a new environmental/heritage education program that connects students to the landscape, history and culture of the Columbia Basin. The program is currently being developed for the Rocky Mountain School District #6. There has been recent interest in the program from the Nelson and Revelstoke areas.

The program provides the following services to teachers and students:
· Connects teachers to resource people (experts in the fields of natural/cultural heritage of the Columbia Basin) who are available for classroom presentations or field trips (ie. In Spring 1999, students went on archaeological tours of the Athalmer Salmon Beds presented by the Columbia Lake Indian Band);

• Offers a diverse program that includes hands-on field experience to school children from K to 12;

• Produces and maintains a computer data base of resource people and materials that includes identified curriculum links allowing teachers to develop strong, integrated units of study;

• Makes resource kits and other resources available to teachers (ie. Burgess Shale Resource Kit);

• Offers training opportunities for resource people to build on their presentation skills;

• Other services, such as workshops for teachers are planned for the future.

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