Description of the Kits:
Snowshoe Class Set: 4 pairs of MSR Evo Snowshoes (up to 180 lbs.); 18 pairs of MSR Kid’s Shift Snowshoes (up to 125 lbs.); 8 pairs of MSR Kid’s Tyker Snowshoes (up to 90 lbs). Ideal for 3rd-6th grade classes or smaller groups of 7th-8th students.
Aquatic Kits #1 and #2: Dissolved Oxygen test kit (3); pH test kit (3); water thermometer (3); Macroinvertebrate sampling equipment including: D-nets (1), 6″ dip nets (4), plastic tubs (2), ice cube trays (2), plastic spoons (4), creature keepers (2), macroinvertebrate field guides (3); macroinvertebrate keys (4)
Rubber Boots/Waders (Small and Large)*: Chest waders (3); Rubber boots (3)
*Small is for Elementary School and Large is for Middle/High School
Forest Ecology Kit: Increment borers (2), DBH tape (4), clinometers (4), densitometers (4), compass (4), 1x1m quadrats (6), 50 meter transect tape (8)
Wildlife Tracking Kit #1 and #2: Set of 4-5 skull replicas; Set of 10 track replicas; “Bucket of scat”; Peterson First Guide to Mammals of North America (2); Animal Tracks of Washington and Oregon, Lone Pine Publishing (6); Miscellaneous wildlife guides (4); Reptiles of the Northwest, Lone Pine Publishing (2)
Birding Kit #1: Binoculars (16 pairs); Birds of Oregon, Lone Pine Publishing (8); Songbirds, Peterson Field Guides for Young Naturalists (3); Birds of Prey, Peterson Field Guides for Young Naturalists (2)
Birding Kit #2 (Young Birders): Small binoculars (30 pairs); Songbirds, Peterson Field Guides for Young Naturalists (4); Birds of Prey, Peterson Field Guides for Young Naturalists (3)
Insect Studies Kit: Butterfly nets (8); Bugs of Washington and Oregon, Lone Pine Publishing (8); Creature peepers (8); Jars (8)
Plant Studies Kit: Trees to Know in Oregon, Edward Jensen (8); Plants of the Southern Interior British Columbia and the Inland Pacific Northwest, Robert Parish (8); Wetland Plants of Oregon and Washington, Lone Pine Publishing (4); Sagebrush Country: A Wildflower Sanctuary (8); Hand lenses (8)
Stream Tables Kit: Stream Table Kits (4); Buckets (4); Yard sticks (8); Protractors (4); Spray bottles (4)
Soil Studies Kit: Soil collection tubes (4); Soil thermometers (4); Soil Life Discovery Kit (1); Soil Chemistry Test Kits (pH, nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium); Soil Texture Flow Chart
Clipboards/Whiteboard: 32 clipboards, 2 11”x14” portable whiteboards
Thank you to Diack Ecology Fund and Deschutes National Forest for their support of the Resource Co-op!
Additional kits are available through Sunriver Nature Center’s Nature Discovery Kits program and the High Desert Museum’s Traveling Trunks program.
