K-12 Programming

In Wild Welcome we offer educational materials intended to be easily localized to your regional ecosystems and class needs. To this end, our portal presents:

  • Science based and NGSS compatible lesson plans for K-12 formal education. 
  • Multidisciplinary activities and exercises that build awareness of the many complex ways people and wildlife interact.
  • Pre- and Post- lessons that connect with our film Wild Rescue, as well as free-standing lesson plans with inclusive and intentional activities that build critical thinking about human-wildlife interaction.


Stay tuned for more ways to learn as we grow our education platform.

K-12 lesson plans

All lesson and activity plans offered are freely accessible and compatible with New Generation Science Standards. Click on the lesson plans below to learn more.

  • Animals Around Us I

    Animals Around Us I & II

    Levels K-5  encourages students to build their awareness of wild lives in their daily life. They are tasked with thinking critically about the challenges wild animals face living amongst humans and within developed space. 

    Download Animals Around Us I (k-2)

  • Animals Around Us II

    Animals Around Us I & II

    Levels K-5  encourages students to build their awareness of wild lives in their daily life. They are tasked with thinking critically about the challenges wild animals face living amongst humans and within developed space. 

    Download Animals Around Us II

  • Wildlife and The Built Environment I

    Wildlife and The Built Environment I & II

    Levels 6-12 challenges students to critically engage with the ways built infrastructure impacts wild species and urban nature. Students will become attuned to the wild species who have become companion species and the challenges faced by both wild animals and human populations. 

    Download WatBE I

  • Wildlife and The Built Environment II

    Wildlife and The Built Environment I & II

    Levels 6-12 challenges students to critically engage with the ways built infrastructure impacts wild species and urban nature. Students will become attuned to the wild species who have become companion species and the challenges faced by both wild animals and human populations. 

    Download WatBE II

  • Nature Journal

    Download our extension activity suitable for all ages to explore and document what catches their eye in the natural world around them.

    Download Nature Journal

school presentations

While it is difficult to host school groups at SBWCN, we are more than happy to come to you! We offer a variety of school presentations level appropriate for students k-12. Request a school presentation with the form below.


Current presentations:


"Rescue, Rehabilitate, Release": Introduction to the field of wildlife rehabilitation, the daily work at SBWCN, and ways to be wildlife aware.


"Wildlife Superheroes": A dive into the interesting adaptations of some of our most common patients at SBWCN. Students learn about the ways animals live amongst us and the hazards they face in a connected world.

Request a School Presentation

mobile activities

Under construction. Keep checking back!