Resources
All the resources in this catalog are available on loan to educators in the Erie Soil and Water Conservation District. Take some time to look through the listing. If you are interested in any of the items please call Celine Hemminger at 419-626-5211.
Activity/Curriculum Guides
- Always a River
- Aquatic Project Wild
- Birds: Songs, Adaptations and Migration
- Erie County Conservation Education
- Black Bear in Ohio
- Habitats for Learning
- Healthy Water Healthy People
- Homes for Wildlife
- Leopold Education Project
- Ohio's WILD Wetlands!
- Ohio's WILDlife: The White-tailed Deer
- Owls of Ohio
- Project Seasons
- Project WET
- Project WILD
- Skulls Talk
- Soils of Erie County Their Characteristics and Capabilities
- Soil Survey of Erie County
- SWEEP (Sciencing with watersheds, Environmental Education and Partnerships)
- Twenty/Twenty: Projects and Activities for Wild School Sites
- Wildlife Concepts Imagination Book
Books
- A Sand County Almanac
- A Raindrops Journey
- Here, There and Everywhere
- Diary of a Worm
- Ponds - Planning, Design and Construction
- Spring Waters Gathering Places
- The Big Green Meadow
- The Life cycle of an Earthworm by Bobbie Kalman
- Nature Close-Up Earthworms by Elaine Pascoe
- There's a Hair in My Dirt by Gary Larson
Video Tapes
- After the Storm
- Habitats For Learning
Educational Trunks
- Soils Education:
Students will learn about the various layers of soil, what it is made of, the different textures and the importance of soil to humans. - Rocks Education:
Students will have the opportunity to use Ohio Rocks and Minerals sets and a Mohs scale of hardness mineral kit. Information is provided on the rock cycle, the three classes of rocks and how rocks are identified. - Fire Education:
Erie SWCD has received a fire education Trunk courtesy of Project Learning Tree and the Division of Forestry. This trunk is full of exciting activities and tools to demonstrate fire safety in and around our forests. Contact our office for more information. - Watershed Wonders:
Watershed Wonders (PDF, 165KB) is a cooperative effort to educate students about the water resources in Erie County. The unit includes activities about the water cycle, Lake Erie, watersheds, non-point source pollution and how students keep our waterways clean.
If you are interested in borrowing any of the above materials please call Celine Hemminger, at 419-626-5211.
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