Wild Play - Gamifying Environmental Education
This free professional learning workshop is part of a series facilitated by the NZAEE local group in Ōtautahi Christhchurch and is open to teachers and environmental educators.
22 May 4 - 6pm
Where: EnviroHub @ Climate Action Campus
Cost: Koha toward drinks & nibbles.
Turn learning into adventure with The Seed Pod through Wild Play, an interactive workshop that explores how games can be powerful tools for environmental education. Through hands-on activities like The Perfect Pest, Ecological Bullrush, and Scavenger Hunts we’ll dive into how gamification can enhance engagement, deepen understanding, and inspire action in nature-based learning.
Facilitated by environmental educator Sian Crowley, this workshop blends science, strategy, and play to make conservation concepts come alive. Whether you're teaching in the classroom or outdoors, Wild Play will equip you with practical, ready-to-use activities that spark curiosity, encourage problem-solving, and foster a lifelong connection to the natural world.
Click on the Register button on the left to sign up.
Your Tutor: Sian Crowley
Founder and Programmes Manager at The Seed Pod, is an award-winning environmental educator passionate about fostering nature connection and kaitiakitanga. With over a decade of experience across organisations including Kids Greening Taupō, BLAKE, DOC, Forest & Bird, NZ Association for Environmental Education, and The Seed Pod, she has engaged tens of thousands of tamariki, rangatahi, educators and community members. Sian blends photography and design into her work, creating inspiring free resources for educators and learners alike. Recognised globally, she is a North American Association for Environmental Education 30 Under 30 awardee and recipient of the 2024 Canon Oceania Education Grant and an Inspiring Stories Impact Prize.
