Flying WILD Virtual Workshop
Dates: September 16 & 23, 2026 (2.5 hours total over two evenings)
Intended for: K–12 classroom teachers, pre-service teachers, outdoor educators, ECE professionals
Bring migratory bird education and wildlife conservation to life in your school or community! Flying WILD is an interactive, inquiry-based professional development workshop designed specifically for educators, drawing from the internationally recognized Project WILD curriculum. Guided by a trained SaskOutdoors facilitator, this virtual training equips teachers with hands-on lesson plans, science activities, and step-by-step strategies to teach K–12 students about avian ecology, bird identification, habitat conservation, and school-wide bird festivals.
What you Learn
Inquiry-Based Avian Lessons: How to facilitate hands-on classroom activities exploring feather structure, beak adaptations, and flight mechanics (Adaptation Artistry, Fill the Bill).
Migration & Habitat Simulations: Interactive ways to teach students about bird migration routes, environmental hazards, and food web dynamics (The Great Migration Challenge, Hidden Hazards).
Bird Identification Strategies: Techniques to teach students how to observe, categorize, and identify local Saskatchewan bird species by field markings, calls, and behaviors (Count Your Birds, Avian Acoustics).
Planning Bird Festivals & Service Learning: Step-by-step frameworks for organizing school-wide migratory bird events, World Migratory Bird Day celebrations, and youth-led conservation projects (Teaming Up for Birds, Bird Heroes).
Direct Saskatchewan Curriculum Alignment:
Kindergarten – Grade 2: Living things, seasonal animal movements, and physical traits.
Grades 3 – 5: Plant and animal habitats, food chains, migration mapping, and environmental adaptations.
Grades 6 – 8: Vertebrate classification, human impact on migratory species, population graphing, and ecosystem interactions.
High School (EnvSci / Biology): Wildlife management, biodiversity metrics, conservation policy, and ecological balance.
Cross-Curricular Adaptability: Easily integrates science, math, social studies, art, and language arts into single, high-engagement activities.
Turnkey Teaching Tools: Walks away with ready-made activity templates, classroom field guides, and student activity sheets that require minimal prep time.
Dates: September 16 & 23, 2026 (2.5 hours total over two evenings)
Intended for: K–12 classroom teachers, pre-service teachers, outdoor educators, ECE professionals
Bring migratory bird education and wildlife conservation to life in your school or community! Flying WILD is an interactive, inquiry-based professional development workshop designed specifically for educators, drawing from the internationally recognized Project WILD curriculum. Guided by a trained SaskOutdoors facilitator, this virtual training equips teachers with hands-on lesson plans, science activities, and step-by-step strategies to teach K–12 students about avian ecology, bird identification, habitat conservation, and school-wide bird festivals.
What you Learn
Inquiry-Based Avian Lessons: How to facilitate hands-on classroom activities exploring feather structure, beak adaptations, and flight mechanics (Adaptation Artistry, Fill the Bill).
Migration & Habitat Simulations: Interactive ways to teach students about bird migration routes, environmental hazards, and food web dynamics (The Great Migration Challenge, Hidden Hazards).
Bird Identification Strategies: Techniques to teach students how to observe, categorize, and identify local Saskatchewan bird species by field markings, calls, and behaviors (Count Your Birds, Avian Acoustics).
Planning Bird Festivals & Service Learning: Step-by-step frameworks for organizing school-wide migratory bird events, World Migratory Bird Day celebrations, and youth-led conservation projects (Teaming Up for Birds, Bird Heroes).
Direct Saskatchewan Curriculum Alignment:
Kindergarten – Grade 2: Living things, seasonal animal movements, and physical traits.
Grades 3 – 5: Plant and animal habitats, food chains, migration mapping, and environmental adaptations.
Grades 6 – 8: Vertebrate classification, human impact on migratory species, population graphing, and ecosystem interactions.
High School (EnvSci / Biology): Wildlife management, biodiversity metrics, conservation policy, and ecological balance.
Cross-Curricular Adaptability: Easily integrates science, math, social studies, art, and language arts into single, high-engagement activities.
Turnkey Teaching Tools: Walks away with ready-made activity templates, classroom field guides, and student activity sheets that require minimal prep time.