Resource Trunks for Loan to Teachers
Many teachers need items to extend the learning of their students into the outdoor environment, but lack the funds to purchase them. Trunks of often needed items have been created and are avaialble for loan. To schedule a time to borrow the trunks, please contact us at enved@nku.edu.
TRUNK POLICY
- Please check off the items in the trunk and sign the bottom of the sheet showing that all of the items were there.
- Look carefully at the price sheet included with each trunk. You are responsible for the replacement value of broken, lost, or damaged items. 15% will be added to the cost of the item for reordering and shipping.
- You may check out the trunk for 2-4 weeks, depending on demand. Be sure to document your use of the trunk with the provided disposable camera and the camera log.
- When the trunks are returned, the items will be checked off with you to ensure that everything has been returned in good order.
LIST OF TRUNK CONTENTS
AIR QUALITY TRUNK
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We Care About Clean Air (Air Quality Resource Guide) * Investigating Air (Grades 9-12)
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Adventures of the Air Cycle (CD) * LaMotte Acid Rain Study Kit
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"Do Your Share" information card * Energy, Atmosphere, & Climate Teacher's Guide
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Air Pollution Chart * Air Qualty Coloring Book
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How Clean is the Air? (Demo Kit)
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EE Alliance CD: Best Lessons, Northern Kentucky EE Resource Directory, EE Alliance Brochure, List of Trunk Contents
EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE TRUNK
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Audubon Field Guide - Rocks and Minerals * Investigating Air (Grades 9-12)
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"What Rock Is It?" Packets and Resources for 30 students * Rock and Mineral Test Kit
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"What Mineral Is It?" Packets and Resources for 30 student
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Rocks and Minerals: Teachers A-Z Resource Guide, Discovery School
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Solar System: Teachers A-Z Resource Guide, Discovery School
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EE Alliance CD: Best Lessons, Northern Kentucky EE Resource Directory, EE Alliance Brochure, List of Trunk Contents
POSTERS -
Layers of the Earth * Geography Terms (landforms) * Ready Reference Rocks and Minerals
BACKPACK CONTENTS -
Lesson Plans * 24 eye droppers * 12 rock and mineral test kits
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Earthsteps, A Rock's Journey Through Time, Diane Nelson, Spickert
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The Best Book of Fossils, A History of Our Earth, Meredith Hooper and Chris Coady
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16 film canisters * The Magic School Bus Inside the Earth, Joanne Cole
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Everybody Needs a Rock, Byrd Baylor * If You Find a Rock, Peggy Christian
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The Big Rock, Bruce Hiscock * Let's Go Rock Collecting, Roma Gans
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Rocks In His Head, James Stevenson * How to Dig A Hole to the Other Side of the World, Faith McNulty
BLOCK AND DOME MOUNTAINS -
Lesson Plans * 7 boxes of clay * 2 boxes of plastic wrap
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24 plastic knives
ARCHAEOLOGY -
Lesson Plans * Shells * Arrow heads
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Plastic beads * Bones * Pottery set
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Miscellaneous Dig Pieces * Sifting screens
ENERGY TRUNKS SPONSORED BY KY NEED PROJECT
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Teacher Guides * Student Guides * Buttons (30)
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Certificates (30) * Stickers (1000) * Indoor/Outdoor Thermometer
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Immersion Thermometer
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EE Alliance CD: Best Lessons, Northern Kentucky EE Resource Directory, EE Alliance Brochure, List of Trunk Contents
MONITORING AND MENTORING (Grades 4-6) -
Teacher Guide * Student Guide * Light meter
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Flicker Checker * Hygrometer * Indoor/Outdoor Thermometer
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Immersion Thermometer
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EE Alliance CD: Best Lessons, Northern Kentucky EE Resource Directory, EE Alliance Brochure, List of Trunk Contents
LEARNING AND CONSERVING (Grades 7-12) -
Teacher Guide * Student Guide * Light meter
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Flicker Checker * Hygrometer * Indoor/Outdoor Thermometer
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Immersion Thermometer * Tape measure
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EE Alliance CD: Best Lessons, Northern Kentucky EE Resource Directory, EE Alliance Brochure, List of Trunk Contents
ENERGY: ELECTRO WORKS TRUNK -
Electro Works Teacher Guide * Electro Works Student Guide * NEED Project Catalog
Electromagnets -
Small Paper Clips * Small and Large Nails (4 Each) * Compass
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Insulated Copper Wire * D- Battery (2) * 9-Volt Battery
Batteries -
DC Microammeter * Plastic Bowl * Large Rubber Bands
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Aluminum Foil * Teflon Scrubber (4) * D-Battery (6)
Magnets/Magnetic Fields -
Plastic Bowl (2) * Small Paper Clips * Large Bar Magnet (2)
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Small Bar Magnet * Student Compasses (12) * Ring Magnets (6)
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Horseshoe Magnet * Magnetic Field Demonstrator * Plastic Disks (6)
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Sewing Needles (6)
Static Electricity -
Electroscope * Balloons * Wool Felt
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Transparency Film
Circuits -
Insulated Copper Wire * Circuit Boards (3) * Light Bulbs (4)
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Wire Stripper * Student Compass * D-Battery (4)
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EE Alliance CD: Best Lessons, Northern Kentucky EE Resource Directory, EE Alliance Brochures, List of Trunk Contents
ENERGY: EXPLORING MAGNETS TRUNK -
Teacher Guide * Compasses (5) * Large Bar Magnet (5 sets)
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Horseshoe Magnet * Student Compass * Rectangular Magnet w/ Holes(32)
- Glass Marbles (7) * Wooden Disks (10) * Plastic Disks (12)
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Darning Neeldes (25) * Iron Fillings - Box * Small Bar Magnet
- Plastic Bubble Wrap * Wooden Dowels (6)
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E Alliance CD: Best Lessons, Northern KY EE Resource Directory, EE Alliance Brochure, List of Trunk Contents
EXPLORING SOLAR ENERGY TRUNK -
Monitoring & Mentoring Teacher Guide * Teacher Guide * Energy Games and Icebreakers
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Monitoring & Mentoring Student Guide * Student Guide * Intermediate Energy Infobook
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NEED Project Catalog * Radiation Can Kit (5) * Thermometers (10)
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Concave Mirrors (12) * Plastic Containers (20) * Beakers (5)
- Solar PV Demo Kit (5) * Clay * Rubber Bands
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EE Alliance CD: Best Lessons, Northern Kentucky EE Resource Directory, EE Alliance Brochures, List of Trunk Contents
SCIENCE OF ENERGY TRUNK -
Elementary Science of Energy Teachers Guide
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Secondary Science of Energy Teachers Guide
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NEED Project Catalog
Station 1 -
Happy/Sad Ball Set * Super Ball * Toy Car
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Yo-Yo * Toy Airplane * Balloons
Station 2 -
2 Pack Hand Warmers (8) * Bottle Vinegar * Plastic Bags (4)
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Everybody Needs a Rock, Byrd Baylor * If You Find a Rock, Peggy Christian
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The Big Rock, Bruce Hiscock * Let's Go Rock Collecting, Roma Gans
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Rocks In His Head, James Stevenson * How to Dig A Hole to the Other Side of the World, Faith McNulty
BLOCK AND DOME MOUNTAINS -
Lesson Plans * 7 boxes of clay * 2 boxes of plastic wrap
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24 plastic knives
ARCHAEOLOGY -
Lesson Plans * Shells * Arrow heads
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Plastic beads * Bones * Pottery set
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Miscellaneous Dig Pieces * Sifting screens
BUILDING BUDDIES (Grades K-3)
ENERGY TRUNKS SPONSORED BY KY NEED PROJECT
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Teacher Guides * Student Guides * Buttons (30)
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Certificates (30) * Stickers (1000) * Indoor/Outdoor Thermometer
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Immersion Thermometer
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EE Alliance CD: Best Lessons, Northern Kentucky EE Resource Directory, EE Alliance Brochure, List of Trunk Contents
MONITORING AND MENTORING (Grades 4-6) -
Teacher Guide * Student Guide * Light meter
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Flicker Checker * Hygrometer * Indoor/Outdoor Thermometer
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Immersion Thermometer
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EE Alliance CD: Best Lessons, Northern Kentucky EE Resource Directory, EE Alliance Brochure, List of Trunk Contents
LEARNING AND CONSERVING (Grades 7-12) -
Teacher Guide * Student Guide * Light meter
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Flicker Checker * Hygrometer * Indoor/Outdoor Thermometer
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Immersion Thermometer * Tape measure
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EE Alliance CD: Best Lessons, Northern Kentucky EE Resource Directory, EE Alliance Brochure, List of Trunk Contents
ENERGY: ELECTRO WORKS TRUNK -
Electro Works Teacher Guide * Electro Works Student Guide * NEED Project Catalog
Electromagnets -
Small Paper Clips * Small and Large Nails (4 Each) * Compass
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Insulated Copper Wire * D- Battery (2) * 9-Volt Battery
Batteries -
DC Microammeter * Plastic Bowl * Large Rubber Bands
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Aluminum Foil * Teflon Scrubber (4) * D-Battery (6)
Magnets/Magnetic Fields -
Plastic Bowl (2) * Small Paper Clips * Large Bar Magnet (2)
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Small Bar Magnet * Student Compasses (12) * Ring Magnets (6)
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Horseshoe Magnet * Magnetic Field Demonstrator * Plastic Disks (6)
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Sewing Needles (6)
Static Electricity -
Electroscope * Balloons * Wool Felt
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Transparency Film
Circuits -
Insulated Copper Wire * Circuit Boards (3) * Light Bulbs (4)
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Wire Stripper * Student Compass * D-Battery (4)
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EE Alliance CD: Best Lessons, Northern Kentucky EE Resource Directory, EE Alliance Brochures, List of Trunk Contents
ENERGY: EXPLORING MAGNETS TRUNK -
Teacher Guide * Compasses (5) * Large Bar Magnet (5 sets)
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Horseshoe Magnet * Student Compass * Rectangular Magnet w/ Holes(32)
- Glass Marbles (7) * Wooden Disks (10) * Plastic Disks (12)
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Darning Neeldes (25) * Iron Fillings - Box * Small Bar Magnet
- Plastic Bubble Wrap * Wooden Dowels (6)
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E Alliance CD: Best Lessons, Northern KY EE Resource Directory, EE Alliance Brochure, List of Trunk Contents
EXPLORING SOLAR ENERGY TRUNK -
Monitoring & Mentoring Teacher Guide * Teacher Guide * Energy Games and Icebreakers
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Monitoring & Mentoring Student Guide * Student Guide * Intermediate Energy Infobook
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NEED Project Catalog * Radiation Can Kit (5) * Thermometers (10)
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Concave Mirrors (12) * Plastic Containers (20) * Beakers (5)
- Solar PV Demo Kit (5) * Clay * Rubber Bands
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EE Alliance CD: Best Lessons, Northern Kentucky EE Resource Directory, EE Alliance Brochures, List of Trunk Contents
SCIENCE OF ENERGY TRUNK -
Elementary Science of Energy Teachers Guide
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Secondary Science of Energy Teachers Guide
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NEED Project Catalog
Station 1 -
Happy/Sad Ball Set * Super Ball * Toy Car
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Yo-Yo * Toy Airplane * Balloons
Station 2 -
2 Pack Hand Warmers (8) * Bottle Vinegar * Plastic Bags (4)
BUILDING BUDDIES (Grades K-3)