For Ohio State University faculty, if you are interested in using the wetlands or the Heffner Wetland Building as a teaching space, please fill out this request form. If you are looking to use facility equipment, please fill out this form.
If you are a faculty member or student interested in using the park for research, please visit the research request tab and fill out this request form.
After filling out any of the above forms, email them to our research coordinator, Krystal Pocock, at pocock.20@osu.edu, and the ORWRP at water@osu.edu.
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.