Virtual Teachers Lounge

Are you an educator or parent looking for at home and virtual learning resources?  The Pennsylvania Game Commission can help. Wildlife on WiFi offers 50 activities, lessons, story time videos, and more grouped in four themes: Celebrate Pennsylvania Birds, Discover Wildlife Science, Celebrate Pennsylvania Mammals, and Explore Backyard Wildlife. Wildlife on WiFi resources support Pennsylvania State Academic Standards for Environment and Ecology.

Weekly Lesson Plans

Check out wildlife weekly lesson plans with day-by-day activities to keep children learning, thinking, and getting outside. These plans can be adapted by educators to suit their needs and grade levels. Don't forget to cap off a wildlife week with a live virtual lesson with a Game Commission educator. 

Weekly Lesson Plan 1: Explore Backyard Wildlife for grades 5-9 (PDF)
Weekly Lesson Plan 2: Celebrate PA Mammals – Elk! for grades 5-9 (PDF)
Weekly Lesson Plan 3: Celebrate PA Birds for grades 5-9 (PDF)
Weekly Lesson Plan 4: Discover Wildlife Science for grades 5-9 (PDF)
Weekly Lesson Plan 5: Wildlife Forensics for grades 5-9 (PDF)
Weekly Lesson Plan 6: Wildlife Careers for grades 6-12 (PDF)

Schedule a LIVE Virtual Lesson for Your Class Today! 

Bring conservation and wildlife science to life by giving students the opportunity to hear and interact with someone in the field. Game Commission educators can join teacher-hosted virtual classrooms and share lessons, props, and stories of their experience working to protect species and habitats around the world. Virtual lessons are free of charge to Pennsylvania state teachers and other educators. To schedule a virtual lesson, please complete this online form or email PGCEducation@pa.gov.

Quick Prints make bringing wildlife to your class easy!

• Wildlife Dice (PDF)
  
• Enormous Elk Activity (PDF); Black Bear adaptation (PDF), courtesy of Idaho Project WILD
• What Makes a Mammal a Mammal? (PDF)
• What Makes a Bird a Bird? (PDF)
  
• Species Fact Sheet – Black Bear (PDF)
• Species Fact Sheet – Eastern Coyote (PDF)
• Species Fact Sheet – White-tailed Deer (PDF)
• Have you seen this bird? Peregrine Falcon Poster (PDF)
• Have you seen this bird? Short-eared Owl Poster (PDF)
• Pennsylvania Wildlife Coloring Book (PDF)

Additional Educator Resources

• Project Edubat – Education Taking Flight! – Bat Activities and Curriculum
• Pennsylvania Wildlife Notes
  
• Project WILD – Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 
• Conservation – Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources 
• Pennsylvania Invasive Species Scavenger Hunt and Training Webinar 
• Motus Wildlife Tracking Education Resources 
• Pennsylvania Association of Environmental Educators

"The Wildlife on WiFi virtual lessons offered to our students were perfectly oriented to our class needs. The educators made the virtual experience fun and interactive for the students!"
– 4th grade teacher, Manheim Central School District

Wildlife on WiFi

Our vision is to connect Pennsylvania residents to their state’s wildlife from anywhere. To achieve this, the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s award-winning Wildlife on WiFi program provides innovative online learning opportunities, virtual lessons and educational resources about wildlife and its conservation.