Conservation Education Kits
for Teachers and their Students

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game, in partnership with USFWS, Alaska Chapter of National Audubon Society, teachers and biologists, has developed the following teaching kits to provide you with hands-on materials, information and activities. Kits are available for loan. Costs are minimal (oftentimes the only cost is one-way shipping).

The Loon Kit

This kit teaches students about the five species of loons in Alaska, their adaptations to their environment and issues concerning their continued existence. The kit contains a comprehensive curriculum developed by loon biologists and educators. It includes:

• slides,
• a cassette tape of loon vocalizations,
• videos,
• posters,
• books,
• a loon costume,
• and more!

This kit is geared towards students in grades 2-6 and is available from:

• Alaska Pacific University's Academic Support Center in Anchorage (907-564-8280)
• Alaska Resource and Information Services in Anchorage (907-272-7547)
• Alaska Public Information Center in Fairbanks (907-456-0527)
• Alaska Public Information Center in Anchorage (907-271-2741)
• Southeast Alaska Visitors Center in Ketchikan (907-228-6214)
• Kenai National Wildlife Refuge in Kenai (907-262-7021)
• Anchorage School District in Anchorage (907-787-3057)
• Alaska Department of Fish and Game in Homer (907-235-8191)

Raptors of Alaska

This kit introduces you and your students to the fascinating birds of prey that live in Alaska. Included are lesson plans and materials you will need to guide your students through such topics as:

• adaptations and identification,
• habitat and migration,
• predator and prey, and
• conservation and research.

The kit contains materials suitable for students K-12 and covers science, math, language arts and art. Raptors of Alaska kits are available from:

• Alaska Resource and Information Services in Anchorage (907-272-7547)
• Alaska Department of Fish and Game in Douglas (907-465-4265)
• Alaska Department of Fish and Game in Fairbanks (907)-459-7206)

The Wolf Kit

This kit introduces your students to the many stories of wolves. The Wolf Kit materials and information are for K-12 students and include:

• a teacher resource notebook with background information,
• hands-on activities to do with students,
• a wolf hide and skull,
• literature and reference materials,
• puppets,
• replica wolf tracks,
• video and cassette tapes,
• and much more!

Kits are available from:

• Alaska Pacific University's Academic Support Center in Anchorage (907-564-8280)
• Alaska Department of Fish and Game in Homer (907-235-8191)
• Alaska Department of Fish and Game in Kotzebue (907-442-3420)
• Alaska Department of Fish and Game in Palmer (907-746-6300)
• Alaska Department of Fish and Game in Douglas (907-465-4265)
• Alaska Department of Fish and Game in Tok (907-883-2971)
• Alaska Department of Fish and Game in Fairbanks (907)-459-7206)
• Anchorage School District in Anchorage (907-787-3057)