EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES FOR AMPHIBIAN STUDIES
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Table 1. Programs
Grade Level Resource Information Contact
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 A Pledge and A Promise Environmental Awards - Classrooms or other recognized groups apply for funding for projects to help improve the environment. Examples include: cleaning up polluted areas, recycling, monitoring the health of an area, educating others on environmental issues, raising funds to buy land, and working with local government or conservation groups. Education Department
Sea World of Florida
7007 Sea World Dr.
Orlando, FL 32821
(407)-363-2389

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: An Interdisciplinary Creek Exploration Program - This program is available to teachers in the San Francisco Bay Area and provides 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. San Francisco Estuary Institute (Kathy Kramer)
180 Richmond Field Stn
1325 South 46th St.
Richmond, CA 94804
(510)-231-9507

K - 7 NatureScope: Let's Hear It For Herps - Teaching materials, crafts, and games on subjects such as: how amphibians and reptiles are the same and different, metamorphosis, survival, and interactions between people and herps. National Wildlife Federation
1400 Sixteenth Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20036
(202)-797-6800

Table 2. Books
Grade Level Resource
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.

??? 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.

Table 3. Videos
Grade Level Resource Information Contact
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

***Table 1. Programs***
Grade Level	Resource	Information Contact
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	A Pledge and A Promise Environmental Awards - Classrooms or other recognized groups apply for funding for projects to help improve the environment. Examples include: cleaning up polluted areas, recycling, monitoring the health of an area, educating others on environmental issues, raising funds to buy land, and working with local government or conservation groups.	Education Department Sea World of Florida 7007 Sea World Dr. Orlando, FL 32821 (407)-363-2389

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: An Interdisciplinary Creek Exploration Program - This program is available to teachers in the San Francisco Bay Area and provides 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.	San Francisco Estuary Institute (Kathy Kramer) 180 Richmond Field Stn 1325 South 46th St. Richmond, CA 94804 (510)-231-9507

K - 7	NatureScope: Let's Hear It For Herps - Teaching materials, crafts, and games on subjects such as: how amphibians and reptiles are the same and different, metamorphosis, survival, and interactions between people and herps.	National Wildlife Federation 1400 Sixteenth Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20036 (202)-797-6800

***Table 2. Books***
Grade Level	Resource
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.

???	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.

***Table 3. Videos***
Grade Level	Resource	Information Contact
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

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