The Teacher Resource Center provides kits of materials for loan to teachers and other educators. Kits may contain specimens, books, audio-visual materials and activities suitable for classroom learning.

The TRC is open Monday through Saturday from September to May and Monday through Friday from June to August. We are frequently off-site with other programs, so please call 617-973-6590 or email trc@neaq.org to make an appointment. Thank you and we look forward to speaking with you!

Kits available for loan from the Teacher Resource Center

Designed for grades k-8

Please call us at 617-973-6590 or email us at trc@neaq.org to check the availability of these kits!

Amphibians and Reptiles
Bullfrogs, Snails and Turtle Tails (compares turtles and frogs)
Frogs (background info, books, curriculum, and toys)
Reptile (multiple readers and worksheet activities)
Sea Turtles (background info, books, curriculum, and taxidermied specimen)
Turtles (background info, books, curriculum, and turtle shell)

Mammals
Beaver (artifacts, story tape, puppet, and book)
Dolphins (background info, books, curriculum, and dolphin artifacts)

Manatee (background info, books, video, curriculum, and puppet)
Sea Otter Biologist (focus on women in science)
Seals (background info, books, curriculum, and toy)
Seals and Sea Lions (background info, books, and curriculum)
Seal Pup Grows up (book and seal stuffed (toy) animal)
Skulls and Bones (wide assortment of small mammal and bird skulls)

Whale (very popular bones, baleen, solid curriculum, and all materials)
Whales Wonders of Learning (beginner readers and artifacts)

Birds
Bird of the Sea and Shore (background info, curriculum, and hands-on activities to model the topic)
Penguins (background info, curriculum, and hands-on activities to model the topic)

Fish
Fish (background info, books, curriculum, and model fish)
Fish Form and Function (background info, books, curriculum, and model fish)
Sea Horse (background info, books, and specimens)
Sharks (background info, books, curriculum, and shark jaws, fossil teeth, and skin)

Marine Invertebrates
Stars of the Sea (all about sea stars)
Horseshoe Crab (background info, books, shell)
Jellies (background info, books, video, curriculum, and artifacts)
Lobster (artifacts, story tape, puppet, and book)

 

Habitat/Ecosystem
Coast

Coast (background info, curriculum, and hands-on activities to model the topic)
Coral Reef (background info, books, curriculum, and coral samples)
Deep Sea (background info, books, curriculum, and tubeworm specimens)

New England Shores
Open Oceans (background info, video, curriculum, and hands-on activities)
Ocean Resource Kit (background info, curriculum, and videos)
Tidepool (background info, books, curriculum, and shells/”tests”)
Tidepool Tools Kit (everything needed to go tidepooling)

Fresh Water
Everglades
Pond (for young children: puzzles, toys and games)
Stream Ecology (water quality macro-invertebrate bio-assay gear)
Slice of Pond (everything needed to go ponding)
Trout Stream Ecosystem (background info, books, curriculum, and artifacts)

Rainforest (background info, curriculum, and hands-on activities to model the topic)

Water
Just Add Water (properties of water)
Water cycle (5 sets simple 2 liter soda bottle apparatus)
Watershed to Bay (elaborate hands-on curriculum with all materials)

Language Arts and Scientific Writing
Closer Look (observation-based science and language arts)

Climate Change
Energy Conservation (demonstration materials)
Climate Change Backpack (curriculum and hands-on activities)
Alternative Energy Kits (wind, solar, fuel cell)

Endangered Species
Endangered Species (background info, books, and curriculum)
Suitcase for Survival (endangered animal parts trade)

SCUTES (Atlantic Sturgeon Conservation from NOAA, for K-12)

Classification
Shape of Life (background info on marine classification with specimens and activities)
Shells (background info, books, curriculum, and local New England shells)

Other
Aquatic Careers (largely video-based exploration of roles and workplace)

 

ADDITIONAL BOOKS, POSTERS, VIDEOS, and ARTIFACTS CAN BE INCLUDED FOR MOST OF THESE TOPICS