Teacher Resources
Venomous Snake Safety (All Ages)
Dealing with Snakes in Florida Schoolyards: This series of educational documents for teachers is available online through the University of Florida's electronic data information source (EDIS). These fact sheets provides information that will help you to prevent negative encounters between children and snakes, will teach you how to identify venomous snakes, and will prepare you to deal with snakebite emergency situations. Programs by Dr. J for teachers and students on this topic are also available through the Florida Knowledge Network. A CD version of these documents (and more) along with accompanying power point presentations for your use are also available by email request -- monicaem@ufl.edu.
FREE Educational CD/DVD Set
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CD Includes:
Dealing with Snakes in Florida Schoolyards series (4 fact sheets)
Dealing with Snakes in Florida's Residential Areas (4 fact sheets)
"Black Snakes": Identification and Ecology (fact sheet)
Two PowerPoint presentations with speaking notes
BONUS!
The Cuban Treefrog in Florida (fact sheet)
Venomous Snake Information sheet (for kids)
Florida Frogs coloring sheets (art by Dale A. Johnson)
- DVD includes:
Venomous Snakes and Specimens - video presentations by Dr. J
- To receive your free CD/DVD set, email monicaem@ufl.edu
Printable Resources for Download
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Venomous Snakes of the Southeast Poster (All, 3MB pdf)
Full size copies of this poster are available by email request, while supplies last.
- Know Florida's Venomous Snakes! (Middle/High School, 1.79MB pdf)
- Florida Frogs Coloring and Activity Book (413KB pdf)
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Online Resources - Links
FCAT style activities!!!
- Schoolyard Wildlife Pack - FWC (Grades K-6)
- Project Wild and Aquatic Wild - FWC (Grades 3 - 12)
- Florida Project Learning Tree FCAT Prompts
Amphibians and Reptiles
- Amphibian Alert Curriculum - Smithsonian National Zoo (Grades 2-5)
- Herps of the Southeast Virtual Walk - UGA/SREL (Elementary)
- Schoolyard Treefrog Monitoring Project - USGS (Middle/Junior High)
- Treefrogs in the Schoolyard - NSTA (Middle/Junior High)
- A Teacher's Guide to Reptiles - San Diego Natural History Museum
- A Thousand Friends of Frogs - Hamline University
Invasive Species
- Intruders in Paradise Teacher's Guide (Middle)
- Don't Let it Loose! Activity Guide (Junior High)- Everglades National Park
- Invasive Species Interactive Learning Module - National Invasive Species Info Center
- Nonindigenous Species Activities for Youth - Mississippi State University Extension (pdf)
Other Resources
- Schoolyard Habitats - NWF
- Florida Schoolyard Wildlife Project: Effective Outdoor Classrooms - FWC (Grades K - 6)
- Project Wild: How to think, not what to think - FWC (Grades 3 - 12)
- Florida Black Bear: A Threatened Species - FWC (Grades 3 - 8)
- Wings over Florida: Junior Birder Program - FWC (Grades 3 - 4)
- Wild Action Grant Program - FWC
- Project Learning Tree - Environmental Education Resources & Activities (Grades K - 12)
- Florida Project Learning Tree