Loaner Programs
These trunks are available for loan free of charge to formal and informal educators, and youth leaders in Hamilton County. Each trunk contains the supplies needed to present the program to multiple classes.
How to reserve a loaner program
If you would like to reserve one of our loaner trunks please send an inquiry to Education Coordinator, Teresa Burnett. In your email please include the program you would like to borrow as well as the desired pick up and drop off date.
Trunk Contents
All trunks come with the all of the supplies needed to present the program to multiple classes. Each program has an accompanying worksheet, we provide 100 copies for you. Additional worksheets may be printed by using the links found in the program descriptions below.
Pick up and drop off location
Loaner programs can be picked up and dropped off, by appointment only, Monday-Friday between 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM, at our office in the Tri-County area.
Duration of rental
In order to ensure a fair use of the loaner programs we limit the rental time for each program to a maximum of 2 weeks.
Fees
Loaner trunks are free of charge, however if trunks are not returned in a timely manner (within one week of agreed upon return date), are damaged, and/or are missing supplies you will be invoiced $100 to cover the cost of the damage or missing supplies.
If you would like to reserve one of our loaner trunks please send an inquiry to Education Coordinator, Teresa Burnett. In your email please include the program you would like to borrow as well as the desired pick up and drop off date.
Trunk Contents
All trunks come with the all of the supplies needed to present the program to multiple classes. Each program has an accompanying worksheet, we provide 100 copies for you. Additional worksheets may be printed by using the links found in the program descriptions below.
Pick up and drop off location
Loaner programs can be picked up and dropped off, by appointment only, Monday-Friday between 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM, at our office in the Tri-County area.
Duration of rental
In order to ensure a fair use of the loaner programs we limit the rental time for each program to a maximum of 2 weeks.
Fees
Loaner trunks are free of charge, however if trunks are not returned in a timely manner (within one week of agreed upon return date), are damaged, and/or are missing supplies you will be invoiced $100 to cover the cost of the damage or missing supplies.
Ohio Fossils Rock!
This program would be a great addition to any fossil unit. The trunk includes local fossils, dichotomous keys, and a probability activity. Students will use dichotomous keys to identity seven local fossils and will roll dice to determine the probability that an organism becomes a fossil. This program is ideal for a 45 minute to 1 hour time frame or can be split into several small time frames.
| ohio_fossils_rock_activity_sheet.pdf |
| ordivician_fossils.pdf |
Our Movin' Groovin' Earth
This program covers all aspects that make our Earth so dynamic. Whether it is the grooves that remain from a glacier, the “settling” of deposition, the fizzing of Chemical Weathering or the moving of soil, our Earth is always changing. In this activity five hands-on science stations will explore weathering, erosion and deposition! This program is ideal for a 45 minute to 1 hour class frame or can be split into several small time frames.
| our_movin_groovin_earth_activity_sheet.pdf |
Rock Around the Cycle
The rock cycle is complicated to learn from the sidelines, so in this activity students will become part of the action! In this activity participants will be a part of the rock cycle! Using dice to decide their fate they will change from metamorphic to sedimentary to igneous and back again. This program is ideal for a 30-45 minute time frame.
Supplemental Activity: With the addition of pipe cleaners and 5 different colors of plastic pony beads (black, blue, red, orange and white) students can make their own bracelet as they travel through the rock cycle. Instead of filling out the worksheet as they move from station to station students would add a bead to a pipe cleaner. Once back at seat they could then fill out worksheet using the colors of the beads.
* Supplies for supplemental activities are not included in loaner trunk.
| rock_around_the_cycle_activity_sheet.pdf |
| rock_around_the_cycle_powerpoint.pptx |
Rock ID with A Dichotomous Key
This activity explores the rock cycle and the properties of igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks. Using a dichotomous key students will be able to identify 20 different rocks as they move through five different stations. This program is ideal for a 45 minute to 1 hour time frame or can be split into several small time frames.
| rock_id_with_dichotomous_key.pptx |
| rock_id_with_a_dichotomous_key_worksheet.pdf |
| teacher_resource_sheet.pdf |
Round and Round the Water Goes
Through this adapted Project WET game, students will become a molecule of water, using dice to decide their fate, and travel through their own water cycle. Along the way, they will understand the concepts of evaporation, condensation, precipitation and transpiration. This program is ideal for a 30-45 minute time frame.
Supplemental Activity: With the addition of pipe cleaners and 9 different colors of plastic pony beads (white, purple, green, black, blue, pink, yellow, orange and red) students can make their own bracelet as they travel through the water cycle. Instead of filling out the worksheet as they move from station to station students would add a bead to a pipe cleaner. Once back at seat they could then fill out worksheet using the colors of the beads.
* Supplies for supplemental activities are not included in loaner trunk.
| round_and_round_the_wate_goes_activity_sheet.pdf |
Topographic Maps
Students will learn what contour lines are, how to read a topographic map and how maps are developed. Working in teams, students will make their own topographic maps from models brought into the classroom. This program is ideal for a 60 minute block of time or can easily be broken up over multiple class periods.
| california_woods_map.pdf |
| california_woods_questions.pdf |
| watershed_quiz.pdf |