If you are an Ohio State University faculty interested in holding a semester-long course in the classroom at the Heffner Wetland Research and Education building, please reach out to us to explore options. The classroom is typically reserved for SENR courses with a heavy field lab component with courses utilizing the surrounding forest, wetlands, and Olentangy River for lab sessions. We are, however, always looking to expand student opportunities and accommodate additional courses. We are always happy to discuss potential options.
If you are interested in holding a single-session course (i.e., one lecture or lab period) at the ORWRP, please navigate to our University Field Trip Requests page.
If you are interested in conducting research at the ORWRP, please navigate to our Facilities page. Here you’ll find a list of available facilities, relevant pricing, a research request form, and instructions on how to submit a request.
If you are a faculty member or instructor whose course is registered at the Heffner building, download the ORWRP_Teaching_Activities_Request_Form and submit it to Shelby Myers, myers.1941@osu.edu, no later than the first week of courses.
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If you are an Ohio State University faculty member or general educator interested in learning more about or becoming involved in environmental education, please read below!
- Materials related to terrestrial and aquatic wildlife education are provided by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. Each document is downloadable and printable for educator use free of charge. Click here to see the full catalogue of workshops.
- Project WILD and Aquatic WILD programs are used to build a relationship between educators, students, and nature. Activities are available for educators in grades K-12, and the full guides are available when educators attend a workshop facilitated by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. To learn more about these programs, click here!
- Further educator resources from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources can be found here and here.
- The United States Environmental Protection Agency also offers environmental education resources for students and teachers which can be found here.
- Further resources can be found here, through the Association for Science Teacher Education.
If you are looking for information regarding environmental education grants, read below!
- There are several grants offered by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources such as the Wildlife Education Grant and the Step Outside Grant.
- The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency also offers the Ohio Environmental Education Fund which can be found here.
- More information on grants can be found here through the North America Association for Environmental Education, and here through the National Environmental Education Foundation.
If you are unable to find what you’re looking for, please contact us at water@osu.edu.