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Focus Wild Arizona: Wildlife Education Program<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Focus Wild Arizona is the Arizona Game & Fish Department\u2019s award-winning wildlife education program. The goal of the program is to promote awareness, appreciation and stewardship of the state\u2019s wildlife resources by using wildlife as a context for learning science, social studies, math and language arts. The program includes complete lesson plans, books, posters, workshops and much more. Most of these resources are free and available for download directly from this website. Others are available through each regional office or the department\u2019s main office in Phoenix.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Explore engaging professional development opportunities for educators of all types and grade levels. Workshops include hands-on field experiences, convenient webinars and more.<\/p>\n\n \n

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Find free standards-based lessons and online resources on Arizona\u2019s desert wildlife, birding, natural resources and more.<\/p>\n\n \n

Most activities contain complete lessons plans along with all appropriate resources and worksheets.<\/p>\n\n \n

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Check out a variety of educational resources. Most are available to download for free.<\/p>\n\n \n

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Apply to receive up to $3000 to implement your own wildlife education project or to take students on outdoor field trips.<\/p>\n\n \n

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For general inquiries about our K-12 education program, send an email to focuswild@azgfd.gov<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Education through AZGFD<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

See resources for teachers, including lesson plans. Learn about hunter education, and classes to earn bonus points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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hunter education for bonus points<\/h3>\n \n
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Classroom and online instruction, and field days for hunter education. Online “Ethically Hunting Arizona” class allows hunters to earn a lifetime bonus point.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n register for a class\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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