FW 575 - Wildlife Habitat Evaluation for Educators

Prerequisite

B.A. or B.S. degree.

Description

This course provides educators with basic concepts and skills about the Wildlife Habitat Evaluation Program and with strategies to teach these concepts and skills in the classroom. Students must teach from what they develop in the course as part of course requirements. The course content can be taught in school or community programs.

Topics covered include a pre-and post-test for students, lesson plan design, planning and implementation of school-wide contests and field trips. There are seven assignments that all relate to the teaching experience.

This course can be applied towards the:

• Natural Resources and the Environment Certificate

Textbooks and Materials

Unless otherwise indicated, textbooks and materials are required and can be purchased at the CSU Bookstore.

1. FW 575 Study Guide
   Benson
2. FW 575 Videotape
3. Living with Nature and Wildlife: Doing Our Part
   D. Benson
4. Wildlife Habitat Evaluation Handbook
   Nielsen

Instructors

Delwin Benson
(970) 491-6411
Delwin.Benson@colostate.edu

Delwin E. Benson, Ph.D., is a professor and extension wildlife specialist in the Warner College of Natural Resources at Colorado State University. He teaches on campus about public relations in natural resources policy and takes students on field wildlife studies. He also teaches distance learning courses through Continuing Education.

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