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Amphibians (Grades 1-6)

The Last Frog - National Geographic Video, 27 minutes
Frog Songs cassette
Salamander toy
Frogs are Disappearing poster
Amphibian Alert guide

• Background information
• Slide program scripts
• Classroom lesson plans/activities
• Field/Conservation activities
• Color slides (59)
• Game cards, pieces and wheel (photocopy first)
• Gameboard (goes with game in guide)

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Biodiversity (Grades 6-9)

Endangered Species and You video-2:30 minutes
Biodiversity! Exploring the Web of Life Video
Biodiversity! Exploring the Web of Life-educator's guide to video
WOW (Windows on the Wild) A Biodiversity Primer
Going, Going, Almost Gone - Animals in Danger educator's guide and activities
Windows on the Wild pamphlet
Educational Materials pamphlet/catalog

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Coral Reefs (Grades 3-12)

Coral Reefs
National Geographic Society Picture Pack

• 40 color slides
• Slide script and activities book
• Glossary
• Word search (photocopy first)
• World map coloring page (photocopy first)
• Certificate of achievement (photocopy first)
• Secrets of a coral reef poster (lift and show)
• Coral forest brochure
• 25 things you can do to save coral reefs brochure

Coral Reefs Overview poster
Coral Reefs Global Look poster
Coral Forests Teacher's Guide

• Coral Forest action alert
• Background information
• Lesson plans
• Resources

Save the Reef video - 30 second Public Service Announcement
The Fragile Ring of Life video - 22 minute and 6 minute versions

Oceans for the Future
Oceans for the Future: The Making of Marine Protected Areas video - 18 minutes
Oceans For The Future Educational Materials folder

• There's No Place Like Home Brochure
• The Ocean is in Trouble Brochure
• Related websites
• Related literature

Keepers of the Reef
Keepers of the Reef/Underwater Portraits video - 30 minutes
Keepers of the Reef Educational Materials folder

• Related websites
• Related literature
• Suggested activities and concepts
• Snorkeling tips
• 25 things you can do to save coral reefs
• Coloring pages (photocopy first) (5)
• Classroom coral reef activity page
• Creatures in the Coral activity page

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Discover Bats! (Grades K-12)

Videos

• Kids Discover Bats videotape 22 minutes (Preschool to 2nd grade)
• Discover Bats! videotape - 47 minutes (3/4 grade and above)
• (with Discover Bats workbook)

Books

• About Bats - Educator's Activity Book
• Bats - A Creativity Book for Young Conservationists
• The Bat House Builder's Handbook
• Discover Bats! Binder
• Bats: Mammals that Fly
• Beautiful Bats
• Bats: Swift Shadows in the Twilight
• Welcome to the World of Bats
• English/Spanish Books
• Flowers for Lucia, the Bat/Flores para Lucia, la Murcielago
• Marcelo the Bat/Marcelo el Murcielago
• Valentin, a Special Bat/Valentin, un Murcielago Especial
• Don Sabino, the City Bat/Don Sabino, un Murcielago de la Ciudad

Posters

• Bats of the Eastern United States
• Exploring the Secret World of Bats (Bat Conservation International)
• Bat Facts (five purple sheets)

Miscellaneous

• 2 ropes for measuring wingspan
• 1 pack of bat picture cards (12 cards)

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Habitats: Realm of the Tiger (Grades 3-8)

National Geographic Society Picture Pack

• 40 full-color overhead projector transparencies
• 1 teacher's guide for transparencies
• 1 "Save the Tiger Fund" fact sheet

Spiral bound teacher's guide with activities and information relating to entire kit.
Video tapes

• Land of the Tiger - 60 minutes
• Tigers of the Snow - 60 minutes

Laminated posters

• Tiger faces
• The Tiger's Fragmented Habitats

Packet of student handouts (for copying only) containing:

• 1 map
• 1 "Give the Tiger Stripes" coloring page
• 2 double-sided trivia cards "Adapt-a-Tiger" copying pages
• 3 double-sided trivia cards "Tiger Trivia" copying pages
• 1 double-sided trivia cards "What's Happening Here" copying page
• 35 single sided student activity and assessment copying sheets

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Oceans (Grades 1-6)

Oceans Resource Kit
Binder

• The Ocean Book-Aquarium and Seaside Activities and Ideas (113 pages)
• The Forgotten Giants Book (64 pages: information on sharks, tuna and billfishes)
• The Forgotten Giants Activities and Exhibit Enhancements (8 pages)
• New England Aquarium Conservation Bulletin-Spring '98 Adopt a Reef brochure (3 pages)
• National Geographic Picture Pack and Teacher's Guide (12 pages)
• 40 full-color transparencies

The Worlds Below Educational Activity Guide (15 pages)
The Worlds Below video (50 minutes)

• The Magnificent Fish video (15 minutes)

Posters (binder pocket):

• One Earth, One Ocean, One Life poster
• Magnificent Fish poster

Unwanted Catch
Unwanted Catch video (17 minutes)
Unwanted Catch Packet:

• Unwanted Catch information booklet
• Commercial fishing techniques illustrations (2 sheets)
• Activity sheets (4 sheets)
• Animal fact sheets (4 sheets)

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Rainforest Kit (Grades K-6)

Vanishing Rain Forest booklet
Vanishing Rain Forest teacher's manual
Vanishing Rain Forests poster
Rain Forest Layers - Black and White poster
Rain Forest Rap Video
35 World Wildlife Fund Rainforests Special Report booklets
Ecosystem Survival Plan (Adopt-an-Acre) outline
Adopt an Acre and Adopt a Reef brochure
Knoxville Zoo Animals list (rain forest species marked with a star)
Zoo Map

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Rare Farm Breeds (Grades 1-6)

Noah's Ark Today: Saving Rare Farm Animal Breeds From Extinction

• Teacher's Guide
• Slide carousel
• 4-part, 77 slide program
• Supplemental slides to go along with several activities
• 10 slides: Animals from the ten major farm animal species
• 8 slides: Eight breeds of geese
• 10 slides: Eight Animals with horns
• Slide program script
• Activities guide, 50 pages

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Wolf Pack (Grades 1-12)

1 page introduction about the red wolf
Videos

• A Howling In America's National Parks
• ABC Special: World of Discovery - The Wolves (1 hour)
• Front Runner (30 minutes)

Books

• Looking at the Wolf: Biology, Behavior and Biases
• Front Runner Teacher's Guide
• The Wonder of Wolves: A Story and Activities
• Wolf Recovery in the Northern Rocky Mountains

Red Wolf: Recovery in the Smokies Brochure
Poster: Back From the Brink
Articles

• The Call of the Wild (red wolf reintroduction)
• Big Hopes for Bold Beasts (grizzly and wolf reintroduction)
• Saving the Predators: Teaching About the Role of Predatory Animals
• Welcoming the Red Wolf Home
• Return of the Native (gray wolf reintroduction)
• Teaching About Predators in Elementary Education

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Zoo-To-You (Preschool)

Animal Classification Activities Packet (61 pages)
Animal Poems and Finger Plays

• 5 little monkeys (poem/activity)
• Zoo poems and finger plays sheet
• Twenty four animal poems

Video: Mother Goose Goes to the Zoo
Books

• Grizzwold
• Sammy the Seal
• 50 Simple Things Kids Can Do To Save The Earth
• The Case of the Missing Zebra Stripes
• If I Ran the Zoo
• Zoos Without Cages

Biofacts

• Reptiles
• Black Snake shed skin
• Gaboon viper shed skin in zoo viewer (plus extra viewer)
• Bird feathers
• Peacock
• Emu
• African Crowned Crane
• Cockatiel
• Sulphur Crested Cockatoo
• Bustard
• Turaco
• Green-cheeked Amazon
• Golden Pheasant
• Bird Down
• Mammals
• Sheep wool
• Camel hair
• Yak hair
• Elephant tail hair
• Genet fur
• Zebra skin (2 pieces)
• Chinchilla fur
• Zebra jaw
• Tiger jaw

For more information call 865.637.5331 ext. 352 or email us at rgorzeman@knoxville-zoo.org.

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