• Aluminum Pan
• Audubon Bird Call
• Bird Song Identifier
• Bushnell Binoculars (2)
• Compass
• Dip Net
• Plastic Forceps (10)
• Insect Viewing Cubes (2)
• Magnifying Glasses (5)
• Measuring Tape
• Observation Container w/ Magnifier Lid and Grid on Bottom
• Plant Press
• Port-a-Bug Container
• Sand Sieve
• Trowel
• Animal Tracks - Illinois book
• Audubon Society Clouds and Storm Pocket Guide
• Peterson First Guide - collection of 7 identification books

• Material Instruction Sheet
• Top Ten Things for Early Childhood Students to Do Outdoors
• Natural Illinois - Easy and Active Lessons Ready to Do (Spanish and English instructions)

• Books:
• Bobby Bluesteam
• Kids Want to Know - Animals and Their Hiding Places
• Kids Want to Know - Creatures of the Woods
• A Tree for All Seasons
• Trees
• Once There Was a Tree
• Where Once There Was a Wood
• Scoot
• A Place for Butterflies
• Animal Predators - Owls
• Slime, Scales and Mudpuppy Tails
• Where in the Wild? Camouflaged Creatures Concealed... and Revealed
• Help the Environment, Caring for Nature
• Games and Interactive:
• Butterflies of the World
• Up Close and Gross
• The Bug Game
• The Wild Seed Game (2)
• Bug Bingo
• Bird Bingo
• Soft stuffed birds with sounds
• Poster: A to Z from a Tree
• IDNR Kids for Trees - DVD and VHS

• Discovery Kit Trees
• Take a Walk Books - Take a Walk with Butterflies and Dragonflies
• IDNR - Masters of the Air: Illinois Birds of Prey
• US Forest Service - Finding My Forest
• The Young Scientist's Introduction to Wetlands

• Pelts, Skulls, Scat & Tracks of several animals:
• White-Tailed Deer
• Coyote
• Mink
• Muskrat
• Squirrel
• Beaver
• Raccoon
• Striped Skunk
• Virginia Opossum
• Furbearers of Illinois DVD
• Fur Hunting and Trapping DVD
• Illinois Wild Mammals poster
• Track Finder book
• Peterson first Guide to Mammals book
• Golden Guide to Mammals book
• Animal Track ID Key Chain

Illinois Wild Mammals Kit full contents checklist

• Activity Books:
• A Year with Wildlife
• Creatures of the Night
• Illinois Mammals
• Mammals from Illinois' Past
• Correlation to Illinois Learning Standards
• Illinois Biodiversity CD-ROM
• Bats and You, Bats and Rabies brochures
• Stop! Look! and Listen brochure
• Wood Projects for Illinois Wildlife booklet

Illinois Wild Mammals Kit full lessons binder checklist

• Arrowheads
• Mammoth Hair
• Mastodon Tooth
• Gourd
• Mussel Shell
• Beaver Bowl
• Duck Pot
• Pipe
• Poster tube with multiple posters
• Cahokia City of the Sun book
• Cahokia Mounds Ancient Metropolis DVD
• Golden Guide North American Indian Arts book
• Native American Animal Stories book

People and Animals from Illinois' Past full contents checklist

• Activity Books:
• Dickson Mounds
• Journey to Cahokia
• Los indigenas Americanos y la naturaleza en Illinois
• Mississippian Tub
• Mamíferos de Illinois del pasado
• Mammals from Illinois' Past
• Native Americans and Nature in Illinois
• Peoples of the Past
• Correlation to Illinois Learning Standards
• Illinois Antiquity: Archaeological Sites of Illinois

People and Animals from Illinois' Past full lessons binder checklist

• Books:
• A Day on the Prairie
• Audubon Field Guide to North American Birds
• Field Guide Amphibians and Reptiles of Illinois
• Forest Explorer
• Slime, Scales, and Mudpuppy Tails
• Butterfly Identification and Gardening Book
• Gardener's Encyclopedia of Wild Flowers
• Animal Tracks and Signs
• Animals And Their Hiding Places
• Chicago Wilderness - An Atlas of Biodiversity
• Games and Interactive:
• The Cutest Nature Book Ever!
• Keeping a Nature Journal
• Fandex - Birds
• Up Close and Gross
• IDNR Trading Card sets
• Bird Bingo
• 3 wooden "sound" frogs

• Finding My Forest
• Take a Walk Books -
• Take A Backyard Bird Walk
• Take a Tree Walk
• Take a Wetlands Walk
• Take a Winter Nature Walk
• Take a City Nature Walk
• IDNR - Illinois Common Birds
• US Forest Service - Finding My Forest
• The Young Scientist's Introduction to Wetlands
• IDNR Furbearers of Illinois

• Reference copy of the Educator's Guide to Chicago Wilderness including lesson plans
• New Explorers Video
• CW Atlas of Biodiversity
• Picture of house, map of Fredrickson Woods, and letter from Jamal Tillman used to introduce problem 1
• Coyote research, scat replica, and mandible (tooth) used to introduce problem 2
• Map of Butterfly Creek, description of creek by Derek/Sara, and grand application used to introduce problem 3
• 6 field guides to: insects, birds, mammals, reptiles/amphibians, and wildflowers in stand
• Animal pelt
• Chicago Wilderness poster
• Map of the 6-county Chicago Wilderness Region from Northeaster Planning Commission
• Set of animal tracks: barred owl, rabbit, wood duck, coyote, deer, beaver and squirrel and track identification card
• Set of 4 strips of lawn edging used in pitfall trap lesson
• Copies of overhead transparency used in coyote radio telemetry lesson
• Set of 10 food web cards used in food chain lesson
• 1 copy of Where the Wild Ones Are used in garden lesson
• 1 identification chart of stream insects and crustaceans

• Lessons included in kit binder

• Several CDs and DVDs regarding biodiversity and invasive ecology in Illinois
• Invasive Ecology lesson plans and activity books including Invasive Ecology - Student Edition and Invasive Ecology - Teacher's Guide
• Correlation to Illinois Learning Standards
• Exotic, Invasive Species in Illinois booklet
• Exploring Illinois' Natural Resources DVD
• Invasive Plants of the United States DVD-ROM & guide
• Hands-on COOL materials and samples of invasive species:
  • emerald ash borer
  • crayfish
  • ruffe
  • smelt
  • sea lamprey
  • zebra mussel shells
  • garlic mustard replica
  • purple loosestrife replica

Invasive Species Kit full contents checklist

• Lessons included in kit binder