Borrow Boxes Available, Coos County Extension Service

For curriculum descriptions and other supplemental curriculum for the different topics please see the OSU Hands On 4-H School Enrichment Teachers Curriculum Catalog distributed September 2008.

BB100 Germ Kit

Liquid and powder simulated germs
Battery or power cord operated black light
Book "Germs Make Me Sick" by Melvin Berger
Hand washing activity sheets and lesson plans from GloGerm ™
Video "ABC's for Handwashing"
Video "BAC Attack!: How Our School Fought BAC for Food Safety"

BB101 Nutrition

A plastic 3-D pyramid to give students a visual of a serving size that is not just 2 dimensional
Rubber food for each food group molded into appropriate serving sizes
Test tubes depicting the amount of sugar, fat, and salt contained in different foods that are popular
Fat and muscle replicas
Nutrition curriculum from USDA
Full size "Food Guide Pyramid" poster

BB102 Health Rocks! Anti-Smoking Kit

Smoker's Foul Mouth -- Model that displays what smoking does to the mouth
2 Video set: Smokin': Somebody Stop Me! The Dangers of Smoking and Why Kids Smoke. Includes Teacher Guide
Smoking Educational Display -- Shows the long term effects of smoking
Health Rocks! Curriculum Book with classroom activities and projects

BB103 Beach Explorations

30 magnifying lenses
30 clip boards
30 pencils (attached to clipboards)
30 small compasses
Curriculum: Beach Explorations

BB104 Astronomy Kit

Telescope and 2 spectrometers
Star Charts and Planispheres
Mics. supplies for activities
Planets video
Peterson First Guide: Astronomy
Nights Sky Guide Book
Star Power -- Facilitator's Guide

BB105 Earth Science Kit

Video: "John Day Fossil Beds"
Simon and Schuster's Guide to Rocks and Minerals
Complete demonstration materials for:

Mountain formation
Plate tectonics

Earthquakes

Making volcanoes

Crystals

ID rocks

Mining in Oregon

Creation of landforms
Curriculum: Oregon 4-H Earth Science Project Leader Guide, Facilitator's Notebook, Materials Coordination List

BB106 Soils: Grades K-8

Soil samples
Soil tubes (to test percolation rates)
Soil test kit (Tto test pH of soil)
Activities and Lessons included

BB107 Soils: Grades 8-12

Test Kits with neccessary solutions, pipets,measuring spoons, and color charts to test soil pH, nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium
Study of Soil Science Book
Soil Handbook
Six test tubes
Test tube stand
Heavy Duty Soil Probe
Electronic Soil Analyzer (pH, and fertilizer levels)
Introduction to Soils Textbook

BB108 Water: Grades 8-12

Test kit with necessary solutions, pipets, measuring spoons, and color charts to test dissolved oxygen content, chlorides, phosphates, and water hardness
Instruction Booklet
Activities and Lessons Included

BB109 Entomology (BUGS!)

Insect pins
30 Insect pinning blocks
30 Insect collecting nets
30 Magnifying lenses
30 Killing jars
Ethyl Acetate
Insect Display Box (for teacher to keep in classroom)
Vials for keeping soft bodied insects and spiders
Petersons First Guide to Insects of North America
A Golden Guide: Insects
Curriculum: 4-H Entomology Manual

BB110 Project Learning Tree

30 Metric Rulers
30 Tree Height and Diameter Measurement sticks
Tree Round Set
Copy of "Trees to Know in Oregon"
Curriculum: Project Learning Tree

BB111 Timber Cruising Kit

Increment borer
Silva compass
Clinometer
Sharpening stone
Cruiser's vest
Cruiser's prism
Logger's 100' tape
clipboard
Farm Forester's Handbook

BB112 Paper Chase: Paper Making Kit

Plywood squares
Wooden frames
Rollers
Sponges
Screening
Felt
Blenders
Display Bleached craft pulp
Display wood chips
Posters: Wood processing
Mystery paper bags
Curriculum: The Paper Chase
Supplement: Science and Engineering concepts workbook

BB113 Trees and Lumber Dimensions

Tree round with marked lumber dimensions
Display board with species samples
Color activity
Curriculum: Grades 2-5
Resource: Trees to Know in Oregon
Extended product lesson

BB114 Basic Botany/Plants

Stem model of dicotyledonous
Stem model of monocotyledon
30 Magnifying lenses
Seeds (bean-dicot seed, corn-monocot seed)
Pots for planting in the classroom
1 Tabletop Grow Lab (with adjustable light source)
Curriculum: Growlab and 4-H Horticulture Guides

BB115 Plant Collection & ID

Plant press
Plant mounting sheets
Large and small ID tags
Botany paste and glue
Weights (to hold specimens down until paste dries)
30 Magnifying lenses
30 Eye lenses
Properly mounted example
Curriculum: Trees to Know in Oregon, How to use a plant ID key, and Weeds of the West

BB116 The Incredible Egg

Incubator
Dozen fertilized eggs
Classroom brooder kit
Egg candler
Curriculum: Hatching Classroom Projects
Extension can deliver the incubator to your classroom and talk to the kids about what they need to do to successfully hatch the chicks in the classroom and get you comfortable with the hatching process. Don't forget, this is a 7 day a week project that lasts for 3 weeks so please have someone available to turn the eggs on the weekend

BB117 Dairy

Calf bottle
Cow pill and pill giver
Ear identification tag
Samples of grain, hay and minerals
Identification cards of all Dairy Breeds
Milk from Cow to You poster
Milk from Cow to You teacher guide

Ag Videos Available

From OSU Extension Service

1. The Honey Files: A Bee's Life- with workbook

2. On The Farm Series:
a. Summer On The Farm 1
b. Summer On The Farm 2 Animals
c. Winter On The Farm
d. Fixin' On The Farm
e. Every Day Is Earth Day On The Farm

3. Cranberry BOUNCE

4. Tractor Safety

5. Safety Net

6. Safe Country For Kids

7. Identifying Farm/Ranch and Family Goats

8. Pork TV

9. Body Condition Scoring For Sheep

10. Producing Wholesome Beef

11. Beefing It Up

12. Who's Coming To Dinner

13. Dairy Herd Health and Nutrition

14. Gee Whiz In Agriculture Series:
a. Chickens and Piglets and Lambs, Oh My! (video and workbook)
b. From Moo To You! (video and workbook)
c. How Do Horses Run So Fast? (video and workbook)
d. How Do You Grow A Fish Sandwich? (video and workbook)
e. Now Ear This! (video and workbook)
f. Water Heroes! (video and workbook)
g. What's Bugging You? (video and workbook)
h. Why Can A Cow Eat Grass? (video and workbook)
i. Wood You Take Care Of Me? (video and workbook)
j. Wool Ewe Keep Me Warm? (video and workbook)
k. Yams In Space! (video and workbook)

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