Traveling Trunks
Supplemental Lessons and Materials for Educators
Developed by
Northeast Pennsylvania Area Health Education Center (NEPA AHEC)
Call Deb Monteforte at IU 19 at 876-9266 to request the loan/delivery & pickup of
trunk for your class or library.
Reserve your trunk now for the 2005-2006 school year!

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Health and the Human Body Traveling Trunk
This trunk includes a variety of materials and lessons focusing on the human body. You
will find posters, books, puzzles and puppets. Non-toxic glow-germs, a black light and a
handwashing lesson are included. There is a microscope with prepared slides. You will
even find a stethoscope! Do you need a nutrition lesson with a large pocket pyramid to
enhance it? Find this and more!

                           Water , Water , Everywhere Traveling Trunk
 Whether you teach K-3 or 4-6, you will find something in this trunk for you. Do you want your students to understand evaporation, condensation and precipitation? Take a look at our lesson and materials! Students will enjoy making a simple bead bracelet to
  remember terminology. Explore water displacement while learning to measure and - calculate. Color a large water wheel poster!

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                       The Metamorphosis of a Silkworm Traveling Trunk
Do you need a learning center to teach a unique life science lesson? Use this kit to appeal to many different learning styles. This hands-on kit includes unique visual and sensory materials, including a real display of the silkworm as eggs on a mulberry leaf, as along
caterpillar, as a cocoon and as a real moth! Plus, the children can hold and touch real silk cocoons. This is a one-of-a-kind learning center.

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                              One Two Buckle My Shoe, Three Four Out the Door!
                                                       Traveling Trunk
          Made possible with a Scranton Chamber of Commerce Skills in Scranton Grant Looking to encourage physical activity and nutrition awareness? Want to increase student
awareness of health careers? Then reserve this traveling trunk! Highlights of materials include: 25 pedometers, a set of chronic challenge glasses, yarn balls, heart meter, videos and posters.
There is a large interactive display board and the " Amazing Pull-out, Pop-out Flexible Body in a Book." And you will find more, including a binder with lessons.