Environmental learning for every classroom

Teach the curriculum.
Transform the world.

Practical training and ready-to-use guides help primary school teachers connect everyday lessons with the living world around their pupils.

Built with Tanzanian teachers
Grounded in real classrooms and communities

THIS WEEK’S ACTIVITYCount what grows

Explore numbers using leaves, flowers and trees.

Mathematics15 min
18+Teachers supported
3Curriculum subjects
40 minClassroom-ready lessons
100%Local-context learning

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One curriculum.
A living classroom.

Choose a subject to find teacher-friendly lesson guides that use the school and community environment as a learning resource.

A simple teaching rhythm

From curiosity
to action.

Our guides use the internationally recognized 5E model, adapted for Tanzanian primary classrooms. Each stage gives the teacher a clear role and puts pupils at the center of discovery.

Download the teacher framework
01

Engage

Spark curiosity with a familiar environmental question.

02

Explore

Let pupils observe, discuss, count and investigate.

03

Explain

Connect pupils’ findings to the subject concept.

04

Elaborate

Apply new understanding to another local situation.

05

Evaluate

Check knowledge, skills and responsible action.

Free teacher resources

Ready for your
next lesson.

Download structured lesson guides, classroom activity sheets and environmental inquiry tools. Designed for low-resource classrooms and easy mobile access.

✓ Curriculum-aligned✓ English & Kiswahili✓ Printable and mobile-friendly
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“Children understand more when the lesson begins with what they can see, touch and discuss.”— Participating primary school teacher

Why we exist

Learning that belongs
to the place.

SAVE WILD ACADEMY is an ECOWICE teacher-development initiative. We help educators make environmental learning part of everyday teaching—not an extra subject.

When pupils use mathematics to count seedlings, English to describe their school, or history to investigate community change, the curriculum becomes relevant and care for nature becomes a practiced skill.

Learn about ECOWICE

Teachers and donors, together

Turn learning into
verified impact.

Teachers train, receive approved support, implement lessons and submit evidence. Donors can follow results and help successful lessons reach more classrooms.