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EDUCATIONAL PRODUCTS and PRESENTATIONS
Listed below are selected teaching products and presentations available from BLM national, state, and field offices, listed alphabetically by title.
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America's Outdoors Center
Interagency program home page
Interagency center for conservation.
http://www.americasoutdoors.gov/
Anasazi Heritage Center Resources for Educators
State page
Information on a variety of education resources available from Anasazi Heritage Center, including lesson plans, artifact kits, traveling exhibits, and information on planning field trips
http://www.co.blm.gov/ahc/teach.htm
Arizona Activity and Coloring Book
Coloring book
Coloring/activity book about BLM's Arizona resources.
http://www.az.blm.gov/colorbk.pdf
BLM Colorado's Anasazi Heritage Center
1998 BLM Environmental Education feature
Describes "People in the Past," an educational CD ROM introduction to Lowry Pueblo National Historic Site and its 12th-century occupants.
http://www.blm.gov/education/feature/1998/co/feature.html
BLM-Idaho Captivates Educators and Kids with "The Raptor Box"
1998 BLM Environmental Education feature
Describes a portable trunk with tools, lessons and activities for interdisciplinary instruction about birds of prey, i.e. falcons, hawks & eagles.
http://www.blm.gov/education/feature/1998/id/feature.html
Burning Issues
Interactive CD-ROM
Users learn about fire in four different ecosystems and practice their skills in building a firewise house; includes sample activity and ordering information.
http://www.fsu.edu/~imsp/burn_issue2_06/newsplash.htm
Concentrate and Find the Weeds
BLM Environmental Education Feature
Interactive game in which students match pictures of weeds to reveal an important message; includes links to more information about invasive species.
http://www.blm.gov/education/LearningLandscapes/menu/news9.html
Education Birds
Live birds
Describes BLM program to bring live raptors, including kestrels, owls, and hawks, into classrooms and other education events,
http://www.birdsofprey.blm.gov/edubirds.htm
Environmental Education Trunks
Education trunks
Education trunks offered by America's Outdoors Center for Conservation.
http://www.americasoutdoors.gov/education/edu_eet.asp
Exploring Oregon's Past: A Teacher's Activity Guide
Teaching Guide
Teacher guide to introducing students to the natural and cultural heritage of Oregon. Includes introduction, sample lesson on Rock Art and contact information.
http://www.or.blm.gov/EE/ExploringMain/explorin.htm
Get to Know Your Public Lands
BLM Environmental Education Feature
Interactive game in which students use clues to identify states where BLM administers public lands.
http://www.blm.gov/education/LearningLandscapes/menu/news8.html
Gunnison Resource & Environmental Education Network
Education network home page
Interagency environmental education efforts in the Gunnison (CO) Basin.
http://www.co.blm.gov/gra/gra-greenet.htm
How's Your Energy IQ?
BLM Environmental Education Feature
Interactive quiz on sources of energy, where they come from, and how we, as Americans, use them.
http://www.blm.gov/education/LearningLandscapes/menu/news7.html
Lower Snake River Educator's Guide
Educator's guide
Describes mini-guide for teachers covering Lower Snake River Plain ecosystems and environments, developed from teacher requests.
http://www.birdsofprey.blm.gov/education/index.htm - ed_guide
Oregon Trail Teacher Packets
State web pages
Teaching resources relating to the Oregon Trail includes the 158-page Oregon Trail Education Resource Guide available on CD or by downloading in PDF format.
http://oregontrail.blm.gov/Education/teacher_packets.htm
People in the Past
Exhibit and CD-ROM
Multimedia exhibit and CD-ROM on the ancient Puebloan (Anasazi) farmers of southwest Colorado; includes online activities.
http://www.co.blm.gov/ahc/pip/index.html
Planning a Class Visit to Anasazi Heritage Center
Anasazi Heritage Center field trips
Short tours and other education programs at Anasazi Heritage Center; includes correlations to state standards.
http://www.co.blm.gov/ahc/visit.htm
Raptor Identification Guide
website
Identification Guide for birds of the Snake River area, including hawks, kestrels, ravens, falcons (PDF format).
http://www.birdsofprey.blm.gov/raptorid.pdf
Resources for Teachers from Anasazi Heritage Center
Museum educators page
Educational materials from Anasazi Heritage Center.
http://www.co.blm.gov/ahc/teach.htm
Songbird Blues Kit: Exploring Neotropical Migratory Songbirds
Curriculum Kit that can be borrowed/purchased
This site describes components of an interdisciplinary songbird curriculum containing lessons and activities in science, literature, social studies, math and the arts. Includes themes, lesson formats and contact information.
http://www.or.blm.gov/EE/SongBirdMain/songbird.htm
Traveling Exhibits from Anasazi Heritage Center
Traveling exhibits
Interpretive exhibits on scientific and historic topics available for loan from Anasazi Heritage Center.
http://www.co.blm.gov/ahc/trexbt.htm
Walk on the Wild Side: Explore Your Public Lands
Children's activity book in PDF--requires reader software
Children's activity book that introduces BLM and many of the issues the agency faces in managing public lands.
http://www.blm.gov/education/00_kids/contents.html
Western Colorado Interpretive Association
Association home page
Schedule of events and catalog of educational publications from this non-profit group.
http://www.co.blm.gov/gra/gra-wcia.htm