"Our Wetlands, Our World" activity kits now available

FREE RESOURCE: OUR WETLANDS, OUR WORLD ACTIVITY KITS

Dear Educators,

The California Coastal Commission’s Community-Based Restoration and Education Program is proud to announce the availability of the "Our Wetlands, Our World" activity kits. 

The "Our Wetlands, Our World" high school activity guide (available on-line - CLICK HERE) was released in 2005.  Now, activity kits with equipment specific to 10 activities are available on loan FROM OUR NEWPORT BEACH OFFICE.

The available kits are (with curriculum page number):

Mapping Your Watershed (p. 15)

Wetland Habitats (p. 23)

Explore a Wetland (p. 35)

Wetland Webs (p. 40)

Wetland Soil (p. 43)

Changes Over Time (p. 70)

Nonpoint Source Pollution (p. 75)

Space for Species (p. 90)

Seed Experiments (P. 116)

Plant Monitoring (p. 124)

The activity kits were designed to provide an easy source for some of the harder-to-get equipment necessary to conduct these activities with your students.  By borrowing these kits, you can move forward with your plans to use these activities with less stress over preparation time.  Kits are available for two-week loan periods, with an opportunity for one renewal if no other request has been made. 

One example kit includes:

"Explore a Wetland" (p. 35)

5     Collecting Jars (2 large, 2 medium, 1 small)

5     Sets of Upper Newport Bay Inhabitants Cards (1 set has 30 cards)

5     Clipboards

5     Two-way Magnifying Viewers (green)

5     Small Bug Boxes (clear)

5     Large Bug Boxes (clear)

5     Dual Power Hand-Held Magnifier

3     Binoculars

1     Observation Container (9” x 6” x 6-1/2”)

1     Introduction to Birds of the Southern California Coast

1     Introduction to the Plant Life of Southern California

1     National Audubon Society Field Guide to California

1     Local Birds of Orange County

1     Container for kit

1     Common Wetland Plants of Coastal California: A Field Guide for the Layman    (available upon request)

To learn more and reserve your kit(s) of choice, please contact Matt Yurko at 949-640-0286 or myurko@coastal.ca.gov.

These kits are only available by pickup at the Newport Beach office.