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EDUCATIONAL
RESOURCES FOR AMPHIBIAN STUDIES
Table
1. Programs
Table 2. Books
Table 3. Videos
Table
1. Programs
| Grade
Level |
Resource
& Contact Information |
| K - 12 |
Adopt-A-Watershed
- An integrated K-12 curriculum which uses a local watershed
as a living laboratory for students. Studies include: tree
identification and planting, soil, animals, fish, ecosystem
concept, etc. Grade 3 includes stream-side amphibian studies.
P.O. Box 356, Hayfork,
CA 96041, (916)-628-5334 |
| K - 12, college |
Cal Alive! An Ecological
Journey Through the State - A CD-ROM based program
focusing on various aspects of California's biodiversity. Has
different programs for different age levels. Includes animation,
video photographs, tutorials, games, and skill testing questions.
California Institute
Biodiversity, 11 Embarcadero West, Suite 120 Oakland, CA 94607
(510)-444-6629 |
| K - 12, college |
Environmental Media
Corporation - A clearing house for books, videos,
and CD-ROM programs for environmental education.
P.O.
Box 99 Beaufort, SC 29901-0099 (800)-368-3382 |
| K - 12 |
Great Explorations
in Math and Science (GEMS) - Curriculum for the
study of math and science that integrates other disciplines
such as literature. "Frog Math" is designed for K-2
level and uses the book series "Frog and Toad are Friends"
to help with early math concepts.
Lawrence
Hall of Science Berkeley, CA (510)-642-7282 |
| K - 12, college? |
Kids
in Creeks & Kids in Marshes: Exploration and Restoration
Programs - These programs are available to teachers
in the San Francisco Bay Area and provide workshops and educational
materials to promote awareness of pollution, aquatic habitats,
fish and wildlife. Emphasis is placed on local waterways and
teachers are provided with information about the watershed in
which their school resides.
Aquatic Outreach Institute,
1327 South 46th Street #155, Richmond, CA, 94804 (510) 231-5655
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| K - 12 |
The
Oxford Institute for Environmental Education -
Offers short-term training in terrestrial and aquatic ecology
for elementary through secondary school teachers.
Oxford
College of Emory University, 100 Hamill Street, Oxford, Georgia
30054 770-784-8888 |
| K - 12 |
Project WET
(Water Education for Teachers) - This program,
which is active in all 50 states, provides a collection of over
90 water resource activities through classroom teaching aids
and teacher workshops.
Project WET USA, 201
Culbertson Hall, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717
406-994-5392 |
| K - 12 |
Project
WILD - An interdisciplinary conservation and environmental
education program, emphasizing wildlife. It consists of supplementary
curriculum materials that are provided to educators through
workshops.
Calif.
Dept of Fish and Game Project WILD Office, 1416 Ninth Street,
Sacramento, CA 95814, (916)-653-3857 |
| 7 - 12, college |
Amphibians as Bio-Indicators Teaching Unit - This unit consists
of quality color slides of all amphibian species in the United
States along with information on each species. Sets are currently
available for 36 states.
Kansas
Heritage Photography, 840 S.W. 97th St., Wakarusa,
KS 66546, (913)-836-2119 |
| 6 - 12 |
GREEN
(Global Rivers Environmental Education Network)
- A comprehensive environmental education program addressing
watershed sustainability, water quality, and stream and river
ecology.
721
E. Huron St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104, (313)-761-8142, (313)-761-4951 |
| K - 6 |
A Child's
Place In the Environment - A series of curriculum
guides that provide elementary school teachers with an interdisciplinary
environmental education program. Five units have been developed,
and a sixth is on the way.
California
Dept. of Education, Bureau of Publications, Sales P.O. Box 271,
Sacramento, CA, 95812-0271 (800)-995-4099 |
 Table
2. Books
| K - 8 |
Educational Coloring Books and Mazes: Reptiles, Poisonous Snakes, Turtles
- Mid- 1980's, Spizzim Publishing Company, Inc., Rapid City, South Dakota. |
| K - 6 |
Zoobooks: Turtles, Snakes, more? - Early 1990's, Wildlife
Education Ltd., San Diego, California. |
| K - 4 |
The Salamander Room - Anne Mazer, 1991, Dragonfly Books,
Alfred A. Knopf, New York. |
| K - 3 |
Frog and Toad are Friends (series) - Arnold Lobell, 1970,
Harper and Row, New York. A learning to read series. |
| K - 3 |
The Frog - Angela Royston, 1989, Ideals Children's Books,
Nashville, Tennessee. Basic biology and ecology of frogs. |
| K - 3 |
The Frog Alphabet Book - Jerry Pallotta, 1990, Charlesbridge,
Watertown, Massachusetts. Learning the alphabet with beautiful pictures
of frogs from around the world. |
| K - 3 |
Its Mine! - Leo Lionni, 1985, Alfred K. Knopf, New York.
A lesson in sharing using the story of three frogs that fight over a pond
until a storm hits and they must cooperate to survive. |
| 2 - 5 |
What is a Reptile? - Robert Snedden, 19??, Sierra Club
Books Good introduction to this group of animals, many color photographs.
(800)-935-1056 |
| 2 - 5 |
What is an Amphibian? - Robert Snedden, 19??, Sierra
Club Books Good introduction to this group of animals, many color photographs.
(800)-935-1056 |
| ??? |
Salamanders - Emery and Durga Bernhard, 1995, Holiday
House, New York. Great drawings! |
| ??? |
A Frog's Body - Joanna Cole, 1980, William Morrow and
Company, New York. |
| ??? |
Frogs: See How They Grow - Kim Taylor and Jane Burton,
1991, Lodestar Books, Dutton, New York. |
| ??? |
The Hidden Life of the Pond - David Schwartz, 1986, Crown
Publishers, New York. |
| ??? |
How to Hide a Gray Tree Frog - Ruth Heller, 1986, Grosset
and Dunlap, New York. |
| ??? |
The Audubon Society Pocket Guides: Familiar Reptiles and Amphibians
- John L. Behler, 1988, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York.
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3. Videos
| 4 - 12, college |
Toadskin Spell - A 1-hour Nature show about
the properties of frog and toad skins that aid in their survival. Includes
a mixture mythology and science.
Nature - Thirteen/WNET,
356 W 58th St., New York, NY 10019, (212)-560-2000 or (800)-336-1917 |
Updated: March 25, 2006
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