Tools of a Wildlife Manager
Discovery Center
Overview: Students explore wildlife and other animals as a way to manage problems on National Wildlife Refuges.

Time: 20 minutes

Location: Indoors

Learner Outcomes:

  1. Students will be able to identify three ways wildlife are used to help manage National Wildlife Refuges.
  2. Students will be able to correctly match the management tool with a problem.

Materials

  1. Laminated Map of Alamosa National Wildlife Refuge- with problem descriptions affixed.
  2. 5 Critter Cards
  3. 5 Problem Cards


Preparation

  1. Lay out map and problem cards
  2. Set out materials for use by students.


Adapted from
Project WILD Career Critter
Tools of the Trade

Read. . .


  • You are the manager of one of America's 545 National Wildlife Refuges.    Animals can be VERY useful tools to help you manage your refuge.

You will need. . .

  1. The five critter tool cards and the map of Your National Wildlife Refuge.

Do. . .

  1. There are five problems on your refuge. And you have five critter tools to help you solve them.
  2. Read each problem on the map and match the critter card that will help solve your problem.
  3. Return all critter cards and map when finished.