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Delaware Division of Fish & Wildlife |
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Delaware Division of Fish & Wildlife |
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Aquatic Resources Education Center Program Overview List of Programs Interested in Participating in these Programs? Contact the ARE Center Listed Below the Program Descriptions
Eight innovative, interactive, curriculum-standard-correlated learning stations developed to provide grades 4-8 teachers with an effective hands-on tool in wetlands education.
An intensive, 2-week, 3-credit summer course offered through the University of Delaware, that brings together local, regional and national wetland educators, programs and resources to provide grade 3-12 teachers with a wealth of information for infusing wetlands into the curriculum... Register through the University of Delaware for summer semester - workshop held in July)
A simulation-based program introducing middle school through adult audiences to sustainable resource use issues, through role-playing the operation of a fishing business.
Field trip programs are available at the AREC to 5th grade classes statewide as an extension of the Smithsonian Ecosystems curriculum module. Students are challenged to gather, record and interpret data about the tidal salt marsh’s plants and animals to conditions there, and where possible, role play the work of scientist in surveying such habitats.
Aquatic Resources Education Facilities located in the scenic Woodland Beach Wildlife Area bordering Delaware Bay, features day conference facilities & overnight use in a rustic 34-bed lodge. Also on site, visit the 940-foot saltmarsh boardwalk, the outdoor classroom, & nature trails linking salt marsh, fresh & brackish ponds, swamps and vernal pool wetland habitats. Canoes, fishing tackle, nets, water monitoring equipment, & field activity kits are available for loan to educators using the facilities. This program is a volunteer-oriented program aimed at promoting public awareness of wetland values and functions, while offering opportunities for citizen-based monitoring and stewardship of our precious Delaware resources.
A program that shows teachers how to hatch, grow and care for baby horseshoe crabs in the classroom. The training coincides with the annual spring horseshoe crab spawning ritual.
A partnership of ARE staff provide materials and training to students enrolled in the Wesley College Elementary Education program. Out-reach provides classroom programs on subjects of fish, wetlands, horseshoe crabs, turtles, and marine mammals. The students then go into the elementary schools to reach thousands of school children in the mid-state area giving valuable hands-on environmental education lessons. For more information contact the ARE Center.
A special program that provides urban and at-risk families with a weekend full of outdoor experiences. Delaware ARE hosts Naturelink weekends each fall and spring in partnerships with the Delaware Nature Society and Boys & Girls Clubs of Delaware. Volunteers are needed to help mentor families or assist with fishing and other activities. For more information contact the ARE Center.
Yearly fishing programs and special events are planned through the Division and ARE Center. To kick off fishing for the season National Fishing Week is usually held the first week of June. Call the division or ARE Center for dates and times. This conservation through the arts program provides opportunity for students’ grades K-12 to participate in a duck stamp art contest. All entries are judged by groups according to age with a total of thirty-six first, second, and third place winners and 64 honorable mention ribbon winners. Sponsored by: Delaware Fish & Wildlife, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Ducks Unlimited, and Delaware Expo... Junior Duck Stamp Workshop held annually at the Delaware Wildlife Expo. |
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