{"id":51191,"date":"2020-10-04T19:17:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-05T01:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/mancos-teacher-brings-global-viewpoints-to-conservation\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T03:55:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T09:55:19","slug":"mancos-teacher-brings-global-viewpoints-to-conservation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/mancos-teacher-brings-global-viewpoints-to-conservation\/","title":{"rendered":"Mancos teacher brings global viewpoints to conservation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\"Sensa
Sensa Wolcott, a science teacher at Mancos High School, developed a five-day online curriculum with other graduate students on a cheetah conservation initiative in Namibia.<\/span>Courtesy of Sensa Wolcott<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

A science teacher at Mancos High School is giving her students a global perspective on conservation while pursuing a master\u2019s degree in biology.<\/p>\n

Sensa Wolcott decided to enroll in the Global Field Program at Miami University in Ohio, which combines summer field courses with online learning, because it was \u201cbuilt around conservation,\u201d she told The Journal over the phone.<\/p>\n

She planned to go to Belize this summer, but the COVID-19 pandemic prevented travel to the Central American country.<\/p>\n

Instead, Wolcott took an online class with other biology graduate students across the U.S. The students developed a five-day online learning curriculum based on information from the Cheetah Conservation Fund, a research institution that studies Namibia\u2019s cheetah population.<\/p>\n

Wolcott and her colleagues used information from the Cheetah Conservation Fund\u2019s textbook and \u201cadded our own twists,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe took the importance of what zoos and conservation organizations are doing (in the U.S.),\u201d Wolcott said.<\/p>\n

Miami University works with a conservation organization in Thailand that \u201cfocuses on the spiritual connections you get from being outside in nature,\u201d Wolcott said. In the U.S., people protect something when it has monetary value, she said.<\/p>\n

Wolcott hopes to implement the curriculum into her courses at Mancos High School but is not sure when she can because of the switch to Colorado Digital Learning Solutions\u2019 curriculum.<\/p>\n

\"The
The homepage of Mancos High School science teacher Sensa Wolcott&#x2019;s five-day curriculum on cheetah conservation efforts in Namibia.<\/span>Courtesy of Sensa Wolcott<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

School districts across Colorado are using the CDLS curriculum in online and in-person classes during the pandemic.<\/p>\n

In addition to teaching, Wolcott runs a ranch with her husband. She hopes to convey to her students the importance of conservation and biology in agriculture.<\/p>\n

And through the master\u2019s program with Miami University, Wolcott has made global connections in ranching and conservation.<\/p>\n

For example, livestock owners in Namibia use guard dogs to protect their animals from cheetahs.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re not talking about coyotes here,\u201d Wolcott said.<\/p>\n

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