Conservation Intern for Education Projects

The objective of this Task Agreement is to support and stimulate work and/or education and training opportunities for young adults through collaborative participation in Anchorage Interagency Visitor Center’s Division of Interpretation and Education. RECIPIENT INVOLVEMENT The Student Conservation Associate intern will work with park education staff at the Anchorage Interagency Visitor Center to complete the following projects during their seven month position: • Assist in designing, developing, and presenting 2 to 4 week-long environmental education summer day camp for kids. Camps will involve activities at various locations in the Anchorage area. • Assist in the designing, developing, and presenting 1-2 weeks of overnight camps for teenagers. • Create an in school, curriculum based education program that ties into the fieldtrips offered to at the AK Public Lands Information Center. • Work to create/implement distance learning programs. • Update the content and materials included in the loanable Education Kits. The majority of work will take place indoors, with the intern moving between multiple projects and working with many collaborators during their experience. The intern will receive training in education principles and techniques, gain knowledge about the natural and cultural resources on Alaska’s parks and public lands, and be exposed to emerging issues (climate change, ocean degradation, wildfire, and invasive s...
Source: Grants.gov - Category: Research Tags: Education Source Type: funding