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Environment-based Learning Resources
Acorn Naturalists offers a comprehensive selection of resources for environment-based learning including activity guides, DVD's, educational kits and curricula, outdoor education activities, science and nature games and more.
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Interpretation of Cultural and Natural History
Included in this section are interpretive methods books, trail planning guides, docent training resources and nature center planning books.
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Cultivating Environmental Literacy
Increasingly, individuals and the communities in which they live are aware of the relationship between quality of life issues and environmental literacy. Included in this section are resources that help educators make those links in both the community and in the classroom.
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Nurturing a Sense of Place
Included in this section are a number of resources to help children and adults connect with their local environment, in other words to develop a sense of place. In so doing, individuals often come to understand that their efforts really do make a difference and that their interactions with both natural and built communities influence their emotional and intellectual growth in a positive manner.
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Outdoor Education Resources
Included in this section are resources that bring learning outside: engaging activity books, useful orienteering tools, practical science and nature field guides, observation equipment and hard-to-find outdoor learning materials for use in both formal and non-formal learning environments.
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Optical Supplies for Environmental Education
In this section you will find a very large selection of magnifiers, hand lenses, bug boxes, binoculars, microscopes and related optical resources for environmental educators.
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Observing and Contemplating Nature
Contained in this section are a number of resources to help students and teachers observe nature more closely.
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Voices of Environmental Stewardship
Throughout history, individuals have appeared who made environmental stewardship their life work. For example, treasures such as Yosemite and the Grand Canyon became national parks through the efforts of a handful of passionate conservationists. Children and adults alike will be inspired by the lives and efforts of these rugged individualists.
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Early Childhood Nature Education
This section features creative, inquiry-oriented early childhood nature education resources. These hands-on science and nature activities are perfect for after school programs, preschool teachers, camp leaders, extended day care providers, and parents seeking to enrich a young child's learning environment.
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Nature Stories for Children
Wide selection of children's nature stories. These resources offer a perfect way to blend language arts with science learning, making reading relevant to topics that children are naturally curious about.
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Nature Journaling
Writing skills can be effectively enhanced through nature journaling. Journaling encourages individuals to harness their creative energies into organized thoughts, integrating science and nature with language arts, math, social studies, art and drama. When used effectively, journals can become a catalyst for developing a life-long interest in science and nature - sketches, field observations anbd notes are the clay that has molded many generations of innovative scientists.
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Environment-based Art Activities
Art activities form the perfect platform for introducing science and nature to students of all ages. Included in this section are hundreds of resources, including art activity guides, fish printing supplies and replicas, sketching kits and references, leaf printing activities, sunprint kits, tools for preserving leaves and flowers, paper making kits and books, waterproof papers and field notebooks, American Indian crafts, rubbing plates, magnets, animal rubber stamps and more.
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Environmental Education Musicians
Over the years, Acorn Naturalists has distributed the music of many creative recording artists who specialize in music that celebrates science, nature and the environment. Included are nature songs, environmentally-oriented music and outdoor education songs from many musicians, including Billy B Brennan, The Banana Slugs, JP Taylor, Stan Slaughter, Bunjee Jumping Cows, Chris Rowlands, David Stokes, Ken Lonquist, Jon Sherman, Lucas Miller, Michael Caduto, Steve Schuch, Strollin' Jeff Wollin and more. We now also offer a selection of live music clips on our website to help you select the music you are looking for. To listen, simply click on the Science and Nature Sounds and Songs button found near the bottom of each page, or click here.
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Environment-based Education DVD Collection
Acorn Naturalists offers a wide array of science and nature DVDs for environment-based education. In this section you will find those resources conveniently located in one place.
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Environmental Education in Action
Understanding that individuals can and do make a difference, students often ask how they can combine their interest in environmental issues with a career. This section offers resources for providing guidance to those who want to make a difference.
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Energy Education
This section contains a selection of activity books, kits, and other resources geared toward teaching about both traditional and alternative energy sources.
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Environmental Education Activity Kits
Includes a wide selection of innovative science and nature kits for environmental educators, including many unique hands-on activity kits developed by Acorn Naturalists.
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Environmental Education through Art
Art activities form the perfect platform for introducing environmental education topics to students of all ages. Included in this section are hundreds of resources, including art activity guides, fish printing supplies and replicas, sketching kits and references, leaf printing activities, sunprint kits, tools for preserving leaves and flowers, paper making kits and books, waterproof papers and field notebooks, American Indian crafts, rubbing plates, magnets, animal rubber stamps and more.
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Promoting Recycling and Waste Reduction
Recycling has now become a universal goal of cities, industries and environmentalists. One major reason for this is that recycling not only conserves valuable resources, but also when done right, pays off financially. In this section a wide range of activity books, curriculum guides, card games, and musical resources are offered, all in the name of recycling and reducing waste.
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Global Perspectives on the Environment
The boundaries of earth's diverse ecosystems have little to do with political delineations. Environmental awareness, therefore, must extend past political boundaries. Air pollution, for example, readily moves across entire land masses - thus if a neighboring country has weak controls over pollution, it affects countries that have careful controls over pollution. This section contains resources that help students understand this concept.
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Teaching about Biodiversity
This section includes specific biodiversity resources for teachers and students of all ages. Included are hands-on activity guides, curricula, posters and multimedia resources that are specifically designed to increase awareness of the importance of biodiversity.
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Learning about World Biomes
Includes information that helps readers explore the varied ecosystems of our planet, from deserts to rainforests, grasslands to oceans, wetlands to temperate forests.
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Life Cycles - Plant and Animal Activities
This section contains a wealth of resources for teaching children about plant and animal life cycles. Included are readers, references and activity books, all designed to enhance learning about life cycles.
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Animal Tracking Tools
Learning about animal tracks and tracking offers an exciting, engaging activity for teachers, naturalists, camp leaders, nature center educators and parents.
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Replica Collections for Environmental Educators
Acorn Naturalists' collection of high quality replicas for environmental educators includes animal track, scat, skull, talon, claw, tooth, egg and leaf replicas, as well as models of various insects, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals.
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Service-learning
Increasingly, schools are developing service-learning programs, to help students connect classroom learning with the real world. Such connections help students understand the relevancy of their studies, thus increasing student focus on academics. This section documents success stories and provides resources designed to help schools implement their own service-learning programs.
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Wildlife Conservation Society Resources
Acorn Naturalists is proud to help distribute the resources offered by The Wildlife Conservation Society. This organization "saves wildlife and wild lands through careful science, international conservation, education, and the management of the world’s largest system of urban wildlife parks." Their activities change attitudes toward nature and help people imagine wildlife and humans living in sustainable interaction on both a local and a global scale.
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SALE ITEMS: Environmental Education Resources
The environmental education resources on sale here are from catalog overstock and special purchases. All of these products are in new, mint condition at prices ranging from 35-65% off. New sale items are constantly being added (and removed when gone).
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SALE ITEMS: Ecosystem References and Activities
The resources for teaching about ecosystems and ecological principles on sale here are from catalog overstock and special purchases. All of these products are in new, mint condition at prices ranging from 35-65% off. New sale items are constantly being added (and removed when gone).
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SALE ITEMS: Science & Nature Equipment & Replicas
The science and nature tools, replicas and other resources on sale here are from catalog overstock and special purchases. All of these products are in new, mint condition at prices ranging from 35-65% off. New sale items are constantly being added (and removed when gone).
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