Siskiyou Environmental Education Center
The Denman Kit This kit is a collection of resources that can be used on a field trip to Denman Wildlife Refuge. The kit includes an assortment of books and field guides that relate to this area. It also contains a list of likely organisms that may be seen during your visit. Activities focus on biota that exists at Denman and habitats they require, as well as relationships between biotic and abiotic factors.
Activities:
- Pond Activities
- Explore A Pond
- Pond Life/Microscope Use
- Chain, Chain, Chain
- Ready, Set, Sink!
- Chapparral Activities
- Endeering Ups and Downs
- Who’s Clues?
- Bat and Moth
- Vernal Pool Activities
- Vernal Pool Animal Bingo
- Vernal Pool Species Research
- Contours of the Land
- Oak Savanna
- Tree Denizens: Animal & Plant
- Run for the Border
- Ecological Relationships
- Marsh
- Observing Wetland Habitats
- Wetland Word Search
- Wetland Word Puzzle
- Background on Wetland Functions
- Making Simple Wetland Sampling Equipment
- Let the Cattail Out of the Bag
- Wetland Weirdos
- March Market
- River Activities
- Are You Me?
- A Drop in the Bucket
- Water We Have Here?
- Hooks and Ladders
- Who’s Who
- Pond/Creek Comparisons
- Generic Ecology & Science Activities
- Ecosystem Webbing Game
- Theme Walks
- How are We Related?
- Estimating Distances
- Metric Measurement
- Making a Hypothesis
- Scientific Method
- Natural Selection
- Picky Eaters
- Food Chain Game
- Predator & Prey
- Neighborhood
- Exploring Earth’s Land-Based Biomes
- Ecology Crossword Puzzle
- Ecology Wordsearch
- Dicotomous Key Activities
Field Guides:
- Field Guide to Common Wetland Plants of Western Washington & Northwest Oregon
- Amphibians of OR, WA, BC
- Amphibians of Washington & Oregon
- Animal Tracks of WA and OR
- Birds of Jackson County Oregon
- BUGS of Washington and Oregon
- Discover Nature in Water and Wetlands
- Northwest Weeds
- Peterson First Guides to Birds of N.A.
- Peterson First Guides Western Reptiles & Amphibians
- Peterson Field Guides For Young Naturalists: Caterpillars and Butterflies
- Peterson Field Guides Western Birds
- Reptiles of Washington and Oregon
- Scats and Tracks
- Table Rocks of Jackson County: Islands in the Sky
- Trees to Know in Oregon
Nonfiction Children’s Literature
- Webs of Life
- Around the Pond
- One Small Square
- Wild Wild West
- The Living Earth
- Salmon Stream
- Wildfires
Curriculum Books:
- Leapfrogging Through Wetlands
- Naturescope: Wading Into Wetlands
- Aquatic Habitats
- Certified: Citizen’s Guide to Protecting Vernal Pools
- Vernal Pool Lessons & Activites
Resources:
- Ducks Flash Cards: 4 sets of 12 cards
- Into the Forest: Food Chain Game
- 15 Private Eye Loupes
- Ecology Cards- for use with food web activities
- Who Am I? Activity Cards (in envelope)