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Resources are for in-class use except the field guides and are designed so you can easily laminate them for long-term use.

This also keeps the purchase price and shipping costs as low as possible. Prices are in Canadian funds (U.S. equivalent is accepted).


Nature Games for hands-on learning

Have your own set for future use without the effort! Each includes a description of how to play and prepared game cards. Takes minutes to cut and laminate. Use for years! Comes in re-usable Ziplock bag for easy storage. $1 each

___ Mystery Trees- 15 labels & mystery cards for 15 trees & shrubs native to the Pacific Northwest. Students have fun learning the characteristics to recognize local species.

___ Are You Me?-15 pairs of fresh water animal cards that students must match correctly. Babies live in water and adult lives on land or in the air. Includes frogs, salmon, dragonfly, mosquito, beetle etc.

___ Beach Adaptation Relay & Sorting Cards-20 plant & creature cards coded with 7 adaptions to living in the intertidal zone. Includes blackline master student sorting cards.

___Frog Lottery Game- Find out what natural and human-made factors affect each stage of a frog's life cycle and the impact on the numbers of survival in this involving game $0.95

___ Tadpole Needs- Play this active game to determine what habitat requirements are needed by a tadpole to survive. $0.95

Naturalist Pocket Guides are hailed by teachers as "having a naturalist in your pocket." Line drawings allow easy identification & naturalist notes on adaptations/behaviors of 18 of the most common creatures/plants are included in each booklet. Suitable for use by elementary students & teachers in the field. $1 each

___ Field Invertebrates

___ Pond Invertebrates

___ Perching Birds of the Prairies

___ Perching Birds of the Pacific Northwest

___ Amphibians (eggs & adults) of the Pacific Northwest

___ Forest Floor Invertebrates of the Pacific Northwest

___ Invertebrates & Plants of Rocky Northwestern Pacific Seashores

___ Creatures & Plants of Sandy Northwestern Pacific Seashores

Simple Key Series-blackline masters

These easy-to-use dichotymous keys are designed to give students a positive introduction to using keys to identify local species. For use by grade 2 and up. $2 ea

___ Key to Owls of BC

___ Key to Common Aquatic Invertebrates

___ Key to Common Terrestrial Invertebrates

Wildlife Bingo

Games you can use over and over, year after year! Each comes as a class set of 30 student cards (15 different cards), Teacher's Master and game squares in a re-usable ZIPLOCŪ package. Needs lamination or placement in page protectors.

___ BIRDS students will enjoy learning about 30 common birds grouped into 5 traditional groups: birds of prey, water birds, perching birds, shore birds and ground birds; also introduces bird behaviors and adaptations. $6

___ DINOS: students learn some common dinosaurs of each of the Cretaceous, Jurassic & Triassic periods, signs that they existed and living things that shared both their world and ours. $6

___ PINGO: a game introducing Arctic plants & animals that live there seasonally and year round. Also introduces climate conditions and animal adaptations to living in the Arctic. $6

___ SANDY Beaches of PNWest highlights plants & animals common to high, mid, low & sub-tide zones & beach etiquette. $6

 ___ SAVED: Endangered Wildlife Bingo Game highlights endangered animals, plants, the causes & solutions of endangerment. $6

Posters

___ Inside a Barn Owl Pellet... poster, black & white, 28cm x86cm Learn to identify bones, skulls and body coverings of the animals owls eat. $4

Other Resources

___ Inuit Game Activity Cards This collection of 31 easy to lead Inuit games and activities can be used in the classroom to add to your Arctic unit. Game materials are common in classrooms. Cards can be laminated and used by the teacher or students. Soft cover with plastic comb binding. $5

___How to Recycle Paper into Cardboard & 50 Class Projects to do with Light Cardboard Explains how to make paper into cardboard & compares it with the commercial process. Discover places to visit to see it happen. Projects are useful items for the classroom or home office, fit well into a recycling unit and promote reuse of materials. Soft cover with plastic comb binding. $5

___Stream Resource Manual Designed specifically for use in streams of the Pacific Northwest. Easy-to-use and comprehensive, use it to teach a successful stream or pond unit: more than 40 hands-on activities allow your students to gain meaningful hands-on experiences. Pictures help to identify & learn about 43 animals & plants. Includes tools you can make & use and a key to common invertebrates. Soft cover with plastic comb binding. $12

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Island Discovery and Training dhill@uniserve.com

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Print off the resources list above with number of items specified on the lines and mail a cheque or money order to:

Island Discovery & Training

835 Harewood Mines Rd.

Nanaimo, B.C. Canada

V9R 6P3

tel: (250) 753-5246

 

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