Resources
Loaner materials are only available to NREC program participants.
Trunks
- Available at no charge
- Can be checked out for up to 2 weeks
- Contact the NREC at dfwed@dnr.in.gov to reserve and schedule times for pick-up and drop-off
- Allow ½ hour at pick-up and drop-off to check trunks in/out with NREC staff
Fire Trunk
Developed by the IN DNR Division of Forestry's Project Learning Tree and Fire Education programs. Designed for use by educators, youth leaders, and natural resource professionals to teach children about wildland fire. An assortment of wildland fire education materials, including lesson plans, print materials, wildland - urban interface materials, Burning Issues CD-ROM, Smokey Bear materials, and videos are included in the trunk.
Treemendous Tree Trunks
Indiana's Tree-mendous Trunk is filled with materials designed to supplement Project Learning Tree activities. Most effective when used with supporting background information and concepts in the PLT activities. Contains books, videos, posters, tree measuring sticks, Smokey Bear materials, audio cassettes of environmentally related children's music, "The Virtual Forest" CD Roms, games, samples of wood products made in Indiana, magnifiers, pH test kit, soil probe, track molds, and wood samples of Indiana trees.
Turkey Trunk
The award-winning Wild About Turkey Education Box exposes children to the joy of natural resources like the wild turkey and importance of managing this resource properly to ensure it is available for generations to come. The kit contains colorful bulletin board display, "Return of the Wild Turkey" and "Roll Call" video, multimedia CD/CD-Rom with turkey sounds, National Wild Turkey Federation Bulletins & activities, Making Tracks poster, fun anatomical wild turkey poster, K-12 multi-curriculum lesson plans - including math, science, history, English, creative writing, technology/design, and art. Items are contained in a trap and transfer box similar to the ones wildlife biologists use to transfer turkeys
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