Although Cheetah Outreach has been visiting schools since it's inception in January 1997, in 2001 we realised that there was a need for more than educational visits in order to provide effective environmental education and to meet our goals. In response to this need, Cheetah Outreach in partnership with the National Environmental Education Program and the Western Cape Education Department, developed AAWARE, a user-friendly natural science curriculum, using the cheetah as a learning tool.  

AAWARE consists of teaching guides and lesson plans in English, Xhosa, and Afrikaans which cover natural science in grades 4-6 and has been distributed to date to 1,000 primary schools in the Western Cape. There is no doubt that this program will reach millions of students and change their views of their wildlife heritage.

Examples of AAWARE teaching materials: