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1 Natural Resource Library UW-Extension Black-Buffalo-Trempealeau Watershed Basin Education Initiative Resources for Teachers and Leaders The Natural Resource Library is Courtesy of: UW-Extension Basin Education Initiative Black-Buffalo-Trempealeau Basins Questions, Comments? Call the Basin Educator at (715) Natural Resource Library Resources for Teachers, Educators and Leaders 227 S. 11th Street Black River Falls, WI Materials can be checked out at the UW-Extension office between the hours of: 8:00 am to 4:30 pm, Monday Friday Science Tools Activity Guides Lesson Plans Field Guides Games Videos Books CDs
2 You are invited to check out educational materials from the Natural Resources Library GUIDELINES This NR Library is designed to support environmental education efforts in the Black-Buffalo-Trempealeau watershed basins. Teachers, informal educators, and group leaders are invited to check out materials from the library. Materials can be checked out for as long as you need them (please be considerate of other s needs). When checking-out an item please write your name and item you are taking on the clipboard. When you return your item please write down the date you return it and initial your name. Wisconsin-Specific Resources GRADES FIELD GUIDES 4 - Adult Amphibians of Wisconsin 4 - Adult Turtles & Lizards of Wisconsin 4 - Adult Snakes of Wisconsin 4 - Adult Forest Trees of Wisconsin 4 - Adult Through the Looking Glass - Aquatic Plants 9 - Adult Wisconsin Lakes 9 - Adult Grasses of Wisconsin 9 - Adult Wisconsin, Naturally 9 - Adult Wisconsin Wildlife Viewing Guide 9 - Adult Endangered and Threatened Vertebrate Species 9 - Adult Wisconsin's Endangered and Threatened Plants 9 - Adult Endangered & Threatened Invertebrates of WI GRADES LESSON PLANS 1-5 Learning from the Land - Teacher's Guide 1-5 Working with Water - Teacher's Guide GRADES PUBLICATIONS 4 - Adult Out of Place - Aquatic Exotic Species Adult Wisconsin Water Quality Assessement 2002 Adult State of Wisconsin's Natural Resources Adult EE News Adult School Forests in Wisconsin - A Report Adult WI Secondary Wood Using Industry Directory Adult Managing Your Land for Wild Turkeys Items are organized by category and colorcoded to reflect the subject matter. An approximate grade level is also indicated. BLUE = Water Resources GREEN = Forestry Resources RED = General Natural Resources BROWN = Wildlife Resources ORANGE = Energy Resources PURPLE = Air Resources GRADES VIDEOS 4 - Adult Bringing Back the Cranes 9 - Adult Wild & Forever Free, Story of WI Wildlife Management 9 - Adult Managing Hardwoods for Long Term Sustainability 9 - Adult The Champions of the Public Trust - Water Use
3 GRADES ACTIVITY GUIDES pre K Fishing Activity Guide 1-5 Earth Day/Arbor Day Activities 1-12 Make WAVes for Action 6-8 Working with Water: Wisconsin Waterways 6-8 Learning from the Land: Wisconsin Land Use GRADES ACTIVITY KITS 1-5 Park Pack 1-5 Leaf Stamping Kit 1-12 Aquatic Exotics Traveling Educational Trunk 4-6 Forest Forever Park Pack - Teacher's Edition GRADES BOOKS 9 - Adult Fishes of Wisconsin 9 - Adult The Vegetation of Wisconsin 9 - Adult Wisconsin's Natural Communities 9 - Adult Wisconsin's Weather and Climate Adult Wisconsin Energy Statistics 2001 GRADES INTERACTIVE CDs 6 - Adult The Wisconsin River Pinery (Historical Essay) 6 - Adult Bringing Back the Cranes - Ultralight GRADES ACTIVITY GUIDES pre K Fishing Activity Guide 1-5 Earth Day/Arbor Day Activities 1-5 Recycling Crafts, Games & Quizzes 1-5 Woods, Ponds, & Fields 1-5 WI-DNR Angler Education Program 1-5 Clean Air, Healthy Children (includes video) 3-12 Where's the Air (includes interactive CD) 5-12 Make WAVes for Action 5-12 Vermicomposting - A Teacher's Guide 6-8 Learning from the Land: Wisconsin Land Use 6-8 Air Defenders (includes video & interactive CD) 6-8 Water Activities to Encourage Responsibility 6-8 Working with Water: Wisconsin Waterways 6-12 Streamkeeper's Field Guide 6-12 Discover Nature in Water & Wetlands 6-12 Educating Young People about Water (includes video) GRADES LESSON PLANS 1-5 Learning from the Land - Teacher's Guide 1-5 Working with Water - Teacher's Guide 1-5 Aquatic Habitats - Exploring Desktop Ponds 1-5 The Water Sourcebook The Water Sourcebook K Discover a Watershed 1-8 Shelterwood - A Teacher's Guide 1-12 K-12 Energy Education Program 1-12 WOW! The Wonders of Wetlands 1-12 The Indoor River Book 6-8 Sourcebook for Watershed Education 6-8 The Water Sourcebook Watershed Pollution - A Teacher's Guide 9-12 The Water Sourcebook 9-12 Park Pack
4 GRADES AUDIO CDs pre K-5 Billy B Sings about Trees pre K-5 Romp in the Swamp 5-Adult Birding by Ear - Peterson Field Guides 5-Adult More Birding by Ear - Peterson Field Guides GRADES AUDIO TAPES Pre K-5 The Frog Chorus GRADES INTERACTIVE CDs 4-Adult The Wisconsin River Pinery (Historical Essay) 4-Adult Bringing Back the Cranes - Ultralight Migration Adult Restore Your Shore GRADES SCIENCE TOOLS 1-Adult Two-way magnifying viewers 1-Adult Binoculars 1-Adult Leaf Printing kit 4-Adult Groundwater Model with manual Binoculars GRADES VIDEOS 1-5 Tree - Eyewitness Series 3-Adult Fall Color 3-Adult Woodland Harvests 3-Adult Summer Wild Flowers 3-Adult Fall Wild Flowers 3-Adult Bringing Back the Cranes 4-Adult Stop Exotics, Clean Your Boat 6-12 The Streamkeeper with Bill Nye 6-12 Water Bugs 9-Adult The Champions of the Public Trust - Water Use 9-Adult Managing Hardwoods for Long Term Sustainability 9-Adult Wild & Forever Free, WI Wildlife Management Adult Culverts: Not Just Something to Pass Over Two-way viewers Leaf Printing Kit Groundwater Model
5 GRADES ACTIVITY GUIDES WITH VIDEO/CD 1-5 Clean Air, Healthy Children 3-8 Air Defenders 3-9 Where s the Air 5-8 Easy Breathers 5-Adult Educating Young People about Water GRADES ACTIVITY KIT 2-6 Forest Forever Park Pack Teacher s Edition 2-6 Forest Forever Park Pack 5-12 Stream Monitoring Kit 6-12 Aquatic Exotics Traveling Educational Trunk GRADES PUBLICATIONS 5-Adult Out of Place - Aquatic Exotic Species 9-Adult Landscaping for Wildlife and Water Quality Adult Wisconsin Water Quality Assessment 2002 Adult School Forests in Wisconsin - A Report Adult Wisconsin Secondary Wood Using Industry Directory Adult Managing Your Land for Wild Turkeys Adult EE News Adult State of Wisconsin's Natural Resources Adult K-12 Educational Resources - WI Center for EE GRADES GAMES 2-Adult Into the Forest, food chain game Additional publications can be viewed or ordered on-line through Air Defenders: The Quest for Clean Air Macroinvertebrate Guide Stream Monitoring Kit Some of these publications include: Gypsy Moths: Identifying and Managing Gypsy Moth Caterpillars Forest Soils of Wisconsin: An Overview Harvesting and Forest Management Nitrate in Wisconsin Groundwater: Sources and Concerns Wisconsin Water Law: A Guide to Water Rights and Regulations Water as a Public Good: Property Rights Wisconsin Storm Water Manual Landscape Plants that Attract Birds Shelves, Houses and Feeders for Birds and Mammals Wisconsin Woodlands: Wildlife Management Controlling Deer Damage in Wisconsin Info the Forest Nature s Food Chain Game
6 GRADES BOOKS pre K-5 Once There Was a Tree pre K-5 The Gift of the Tree 1-5 Tracks, Scats and Signs 1-5 Crawdad Creek 1-5 Tree Book, Starting with Nature 1-5 Oak Tree 1-5 Quaking Aspen 1-5 Shelterwood 1-5 One Small Square, Woods 1-5 Trees, Leaves and Bark 4-8 Salamander Rain, A Lake & Pond Journal 4-8 Take a Tree Walk 4-8 The Eastern Forest 4-8 Wetlands 5-8 The Mississippi River 9-12 Forest Sustainability 9-12 Flames in Our Forest 9-12 Forests - A Naturalist's Guide 9-12 Fishes of Wisconsin 9-Adult Natural Landscaping (Native Plant Communities) 9-Adult Wisconsin's Weather and Climate 9-Adult The Sibley Guide to Bird Life & Behavior 9-Adult The Vegetation of Wisconsin 9-Adult North Country Moments - Writing & Sketches 9-Adult Wisconsin's Natural Communities 9-Adult Trout Stream Therapy 9-Adult Wetland Design 9-Adult Wildfire 9-Adult The Ecology of Fire 9-Adult A Natural History of Trees Adult Wisconsin Energy Statistics 2001 GRADES FIELD GUIDES 1-5 Insects - Peterson First Guides 1-5 Wildflowers - Peterson First Guides 1-5 Trees - Peterson First Guides 1-5 Forests - Peterson First Guides 1-5 Mammals - Peterson First Guides 1-5 Caterpillars - Peterson First Guides 1-5 Songbirds, Peterson-Young Naturalists 1-5 Butterfiles and Moths - Peterson First Guides 1-5 Backyard Birds - Peterson's Young Naturalists 1-5 Butterflies - Peterson's Young Naturalists 1-5 Shorebirds - Peterson's Young Naturalists 1-5 Birds of Prey - Peterson's Young Naturalists 1-5 Caterpillars - Peterson's Young Naturalists 1-5 Birds - Peterson First Guides 3-Adult Eastern Birds' Nests - Peterson Field Guides 3-Adult Turtles & Lizards of Wisconsin 3-Adult Snakes of Wisconsin 3-Adult Amphibians of Wisconsin 5-Adult Bats of the United States 5-Adult Ferns - Peterson Field Guides 5-Adult Edible Wild Plants - Peterson Field Guides 5-Adult Forest Trees of Wisconsin 5-Adult Through the Looking Glass - Aquatic Plants 6-8 Pond Life 9-Adult Wisconsin Lakes 9-Adult Grasses of Wisconsin 9-Adult Guide to WI s Endangered and Threatened Plants 9-Adult Endangered & Threatened Invertebrates of WI 9-Adult Wisconsin, Naturally 9-Adult Roadside Plants and Flowers 9-Adult The Prairie Garden (Growing Native Plants) 9-Adult Fruit Key & Twig Key - Trees & Shrubs 9-Adult The Sibley Guide to Birds 9-Adult The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern N.A. 9-Adult Endangered & Threatened Vertebrate Species - WI 9-Adult Wisconsin Wildlife Viewing Guide
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