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| The White-tailed Kite - A Success Story? November General Meeting Pee Wee Explores Sandy Beaches and Rocky Shores Thank You MAS Seeks Info on Local Kite Roosts Bird Boxes a Pee Wee Success Pee Wee Report Observations Midweek Walkabout Report Field Trip Report Beginners Bird Walk Report Midweek Refuge Trip Lake Sonoma Land Swap Update Welcome New Members Christmas Bird Count Season Approaches Thank You Northern San Francisco Bay Flyway Festival How Many Shopping Days 'til Christmas? Discount Shopping Nature Kits Available Errata | Nature Kits AvailableSchool teachers, Scout Troop and other youth group leaders and others mayarrange to use any of the Education Committee's very popular five NatureKits. They are comprehensive natural history educational tools containinginstructional information and various types of hands-on teaching materials.They are also generous in size, occupying large, wheeled suitcases. Andeach is a bargain, free of charge for one week with only a modest securitydeposit required. One kit contains 25 children's story books about nature, and is suitablefor 2nd and 3rd graders. One kit contains 130 slides and many natural history videos including theTime-Life Living Planet Series on Ecology and Earth as an Ecosystem. Thiskit is suitable for grades 5 through 12. Two duplicate kits contain information and material on birds and their habitats.Posters and actual 'study skins' (road-killed, or window-killed birds thatare preserved for scientific and educational purposes) are included. Grades4 though adults. One kit contains information on bird nesting boxes and how to constructthem. Nest box trails are explained, and bird books, binoculars and 'studyskins' (see paragraph above) are included. Parents: Alert your children's teachers and youth group leaders thatthese wonderful educational resources are available and free of charge.Arrangements to borrow the kits may be made by contacting Judy Hartwig at823-4093. |