Wetland Wonders that Wow Kids!

Your Students Are Worth This Special Visit

Diana and Buck co-authored 'Wetland Wonders' for
Scholastic Books Brain Power Series. Their amazing
wildlife photography is internationally-recognized with
thousands of published Wilde Images. Author school
visits include up to three assemblies and Young Author
Luncheon; additional assemblies or workshops $300 ea.

See Visit Planning for cost and scheduling plus more on planning.

Contact Us about quotes and scheduling.

Engaging-Educational-Entertaining

SEE wildlife images from underwater and along shores
HEAR familiar wetland sounds morning, noon and night
LEARN more about ecosystems, food chains & life cycles

DEMONSTRATIONS: 'How to see more wildlife'
inspiring students to trade 'screen time' for 'green time'.

LIFE SKILLS: spider's web symbolizes 'the web of life'
with students a big part of it in 'the nature of interacting'

Perfect Team for Wetlands Enrichment

Wetlands are the perfect place to explore ecosystems
and the Wildes are the perfect team to take kids there.
Diana is a former classroom teacher and art therapist
(Ph.D./Education) and now leads wetland workshops.
Buck's a naturalist featured in BBC and Discovery
Channel life science programming seen worldwide.

Wetland Wonders for Community Events

Schedule an evening or weekend presentation while we're
in your community visiting schools. A family edition for PTA,
YMCA, nature center and library events is perfect to inspire
families to explore nature with "tips for seeing more wildlife".

Workshops Make Author Visits Even More Special

Reading, Nonfiction Writing, Art and Photography Workshops

Student Fan Mail: "I see the marsh differently now".

Big-screen images and wild sounds take audiences on
soggy treks, morning, noon and night. Each reveals a
different cadre of wildlife from ducklings and morning
songbirds to nocturnal raccoons and beavers. Some are
year-round denizens. Others visit from nearby habitats or
migrate from as far away as Patagonia. Students learn why
wetlands are so important for biodiversity by seeing them
function as ecosystems, providing food and shelter for all
kinds of wildlife. Wetlands also provide a great place for
kids to explore ( how to see more wildlife demonstrations),
to write about (see Nonfiction Challenge, Young Authors
Luncheon and workshops) and to become more aware of the
environment by seeing how they fit into 'the web of life'.

Lower Elementary School Assembly Focus

Up close and personal, kids see frogs, salamanders,
dragonflies, turtles, songbirds and waders and beavers
learning all kinds of fun facts about the wetland wildlife.
They play Biodiversity Counts making it easy to recognize
fascinating flaura and fauna living in wetland ecosystems.

Upper Elementary School Assembly Focus

Here we focus on why wetlands have more biodiversity
than many other ecosystems and how wetland species fit
into niches by playing The Web of Life. We demonstrate
'how to see more wetland wildlife' by recognizing some
vital relationships between the wetlands' flora and fauna.

Middle School Focus on Science or Writing

Here we look into ecosystem 'interconnections' examining
how species utilize other habitats surrounding wetlands
from streams and forests to human habitats and farm lands.
We demonstrate 'how to see more wildlife' by recognizing
how the seasonal weather patterns effect avian migrations.
Visit planners usually select a focus ranging from science
or environmental issues to nonfiction writing and research.

Other School Assemblies about Ecosystems

Exploring Ecosystems takes elementary and middle school
students into wetlands, forests streams and coastal ecosystems.

Child in the Woods, Dinosaur Connections and Grizzly Wisdom
school assemblies are also rich in more ecosystem content
with adventures into forests, bear country and eons of time.

Planners select one of these school assembly topics (with
age-appropriate editions for class clusters) See Visit Planning.