[ FIELD TRIPS ] [ HOMESCHOOL PROGRAMS ] [ NATIONAL OCEAN SCIENCE BOWL ] [ SUMMER CAMPS ] [ SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS ] [ FACILITIES ] [ INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL ] K-12 PROGRAMS - INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL • Classroom presentations on Harbor Branch, Oceanography, and topics tailored to teachers needs are available through volunteer visits to school classrooms in the Indian River and St Lucie county areas. • Teaching collections of preserved marine organisms are available at no charge for certain uses. For additional information, contact the Harbor Branch Oceanographic museum (ext. 428). • Videotape on Careers in Marine Science and opportunities for students at marine laboratories in the National Association of Marine Laboratories (NAML) network. Appropriate for grades 9-12 and college; available from JEC for a $12.95 duplication/ distribution fee. Free pamphlets on Careers are also available from the Education Office (ext. 500). • Videotape on Marine Science Opportunities for Minority Students. Lively 15 minute video designed to interest students from underrepresented groups in marine science careers. Produced at HBOI by an African American film/video intern with funding from the National Science Foundation, the American Society for Limnology and Oceanography and the Southern Association of Marine Laboratories. Appropriate for grades 9-12 and college. Available at no cost from HBOI (ext. 500) and the Marine Biology Program at Savannah State University. • Mangroves, Mosquitoes and Man, Teacher Resource and Curriculum Guide with Student Worksheets and Transparencies. This 4th-6th grade level curriculum consists of a sequence of hands-on activities (both classroom and field trips) that foster critical thinking skills and increase student awareness of mangrove habitats and the control of mosquito populations. Students explore the array of ecological, societal and economic factors that must be considered as citizens and local government decide how to manage local estuarine wetlands. Curriculum development was underwritten by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Environmental Education Grants Program and dissemination efforts in 1998 are partially underwritten by the South Florida Water Management District Water Resources Partners program. A limited amount of SFWMD funding for field trip transportation (bus charges etc.) is available. A video on mangrove restoration efforts at HBOI can be checked out from JEC. As well, a CD-ROM game "The Adventures of Indian River Jones" is under development.