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Resources for Field Trips

Here are some suggested activity guides and field guides compiled by the Marine Activities, Resources & Education (MARE) Program to enhance your exploration of the wild world.

Activity Guides

Aquatic Project Wild Aquatic Education Activity Guide by Western Association for Fish and Wildlife Agencies
Wester Regional Environmental Education Council. Boulder, CO 1987

The Cooperative Sports and Games Book by Terry Orlick
Pantheon Books, New York. 1987

The Kids' Nature Almanac by Alison Smith
Crown Trade Paperbacks, New York. 1995.

More New Games by Andrew Fluegelman
Dolphin Books/ Doubleday, New York. 1981

New Games by Andrew Fluegelman
Dolphin Books/Doubleday, New York. 1981.

Sharing the Joy of Nature Activities for All Ages by Joseph Cornell
Dawn Publications, Nevada City, CA. 1989

Sharing Nature with Children by Joseph Cornell
Dawn Publications, Nevada City, CA. 1989.

Field Guides

Field Guide to the Birds of North America by the National Geographic Society
The National Geographic Society
Washington, DC 1983

Peterson First Guides:

Shells (1989)
Fishes (1989)
Seashores (1992)
Birds (1986)
Mammals (1987)
Clouds and Weather (1991)
Astronomy (1988)
Butterflies and Moths (1994)
Caterpillars (1993)

Houghton Mifflin, Boston.

Sierra Club Handbook of Seals and Sirenians by Randall R. Reeves et al.
Sierra Club Books, San Francisco, 1992.

Sierra Club Handbook of Whales and Dolphins by Stephen Leatherwood and randall R. Reeves
Sierra Club Books, San Francisco, 1983.

Adapted from MARE Teacher's Guide to Marine Science Field Trips: Central California developed and published by the Marine Activities, Resources & Education (MARE) Program.

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