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Outdoor Education

Animal (Wildlife) Call Box

  1. Predator Calling- includes a number of calls for calling predators along with written and taped instructions on how to use the calls and short written instructions on when and where to do predator calling.
  2. Big Game Animals this section includes a number of calls used in calling big game animals along with when and where to call.
  3. Turkey Calling this part includes a number of different types of turkey calls along with written and taped instructions on how and when to use the calls.
  4. History of Animal Calls a short written session on who, when and why we used calls during hunting.

Camouflage Box Trunk
Camouflage has been used since the beginning of human civilization. This trunk explains the many ways it is used today from hunting to military to fashion. Activities are separated into four sections; Introduction to camouflage, Thicket activity, Newspaper activity, and Hidden in plain sight activity. The kit contains 15 pieces of camouflage material, 10 plastic animals, and an instruction book.

Wildlife Tracks
This kit contains rubber tracks, and rubber scat (feces) for common North Dakota animals such as beaver skunk, bobcat, coyote, raccoon, mink, muskrat, and deer. There are other materials included in the box such as wildlife ID books and lesson plans.

Bird Watching Trunk
This kit includes binoculars, field ID books, an electronic bird song identifier, replica bird eggs another resources to get youth and adults started in bird watching. Also included in the kit is the bird watching in North Dakota guide developed by Floramay Miller and Dean Aakre.

Deer Aging Trunk
This trunk is designed to help 4-H members learn how to age deer by using visual and jaws key identification points in a club. Activities will teach: live deer age evaluation, teeth wear to age harvested deer and much more hands on activities.

Hunting Ethics/Wildlife Conservation/Camping Survival Skills Educational Trunk
Trunk contents cover topics such as hunting laws and regulations, bird watching, animal identification, map reading, and orienteering. Items within the trunk include: bird calls, binoculars, bird books, replica animal tracks, compasses, survival tent supplies, maps, game calls, and camouflage materials. Also included is a resource book to aid user in developing games and activities for groups of kids. Life skills that can be targeted include: critical thinking, teamwork, mental and physical competence, survival skills, positive youth development, safety and ethics.


Waterfowl Identification Trunk
This trunk is designed to help 4-H leaders teach waterfowl identification in a club setting. Trunk contents are:

  • Lesson plan
  • Waterfowl identification video tape
  • Duck wings and quiz sheets
  • Waterfowl identification resources
  • Educational resources emphasizing fun and learning
  • Activities targeting younger members
  • Discussion questions
  • Plans for a wood duck nesting box, a goose mobile, mallard nesting blanket and and waterfowl decoys
  • Duck drawing instructions

Waterfowl Call TrunkActivities in trunk will teach: recognize and identify sounds of geese and ducks, learn to discriminate the different characteristics of these sounds, integrate these characteristics to correctly use call in different situations, and have fun while learning.

Whistling Dakota Style
Wood forms and instructions for making your own wooden whistles.

Raptors (Hawks and Owls)
Explore the life of raptors by dissecting bowl pelletsb and identifying the remains of prey animals in owlbs diet. Includes replica parts and resource books.

Upland Game Bird Identification Trunk
Trunk contains lessons plans, upland game bird wings and quiz sheet, upland game bird identification resources, educational resources emphasizing fun and learning and discussion questions.

Under Water World (Macro invertebrate)
Trunks include materials and supplies to teach youth and adult about aquatic macro invertebrates. (Kit requires access to a water pond).

Dutch Oven Cooking Trunk
Contains cast iron Dutch ovens, instructions and recipes.

Maple Sugar Candy Making Trunk
Contains pans, molds and recipe for maple sugar.

Outdoor Cooking Trunk
Contains pots and pans, propane burners, measuring equipment and recipes.

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Science & Technology

Electronic Snap Kits
This trunk contains eight kits and is designed to be used with ages 8 and up. The instruction book contains definition of electrical terms and 100 projects for students to complete. Students will learn electrical terms and how to build circuits utilizing different electrical components. Project booklet has complete simple diagrams of each project and parts are color coded. It is recommended that not more than 90 minutes be used for the activity and a break is taken at midpoint. It is useful for more than one session.

Energy in Motion
Look around you. Many things are moving. They are in motion. All motion takes energy. Nothing can move without energy. Energy of motion includes activities to discover how wind and hydro (water) energy can be harnessed to do work. This trunk includes guides that have detailed instructions with demonstrations, student instruction and necessary equipment to conduct the experiments.

GPS - Garmin eTrex Legend
This trunk is designed to teach the basics of Geospatial Positioning. This trunk includes: 10 hand-held Garmin eTrex Legend GPS Units, Leaders resource binder, GPS basic PowerPoint, instructions books, PC interface cables to connect GPS unit to computer, and 10 laminated instruction sheets on how to facilitate an elementary Scavenger Hunt.

Geocaching Trunk
This trunk includes: 6 Garmin eTrex GPS units, Geocaching instructions, and books on Geocaching.

Weather Trunk
Youth will learn about weather patterns, types of weather and weather forecasting.

Digital Camera Trunk #1

Includes: 10 Kodak digital cameras, HP 375 Photosmart printer, software for editing photos on computer, photo printer and software, PowerPoint presentation on Mega fun with Mega Pixels and leader's resource binder.

Lego Trunk
Includes 3 Lego kits and ROBOLAB software

Lego Crazy Action Contraption
This trunk is for youth ages 7 and up who love to build and invent. Comes with step by step instructions and supplies to build 10 contraptions including a rubber band racer, spinning tops, a balloon-powered rocket car, and automatic field goal kicker, a ping pong popper, a candy machine and more!!

Professor Franklin's Photo T-Shirt Program

CD computer software. Must order paper transfer paper from Streetwise Software. A color printer may be checked out from Center for 4-H (701-231-7251) to accompany trunk.

Pop Bottle Rocket Trunk
Pop bottle rocket launcher and accessories, tire pump and curriculum.

Astronomy Trunk
Trunk includes Celestron Telescope, Star finders, and books with activities.

Orienteering Trunk
Trunk includes 5 compasses, 1 package dry-erase markers, 3 topographic maps and guide book.

Lawn and Garden Equipment Learning Laboratory Kit

This resource contains masters of the learning laboratory kit contents- situation/task statements, charts and diagrams, identification tags, and instructions.

Advanced Engine Trunk
The advanced engine trunk is equipped with an 11 HP Briggs and Stratton engine. The kit comes complete with extra carburetors, blocks, tools, repair manual, student workbook, and DVD instruction. The kit is able to be used to for other small engines. It comes in two Stanley tool chests with wheels and requires a pick up or van to carry.

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Animal & Plant Science

Beef Learning Laboratory Kit
This resource contains masters of the learning laboratory kit contents-situation/task statements, charts and diagrams, identification tags, and instructions.

Dairy Learning Laboratory Kit
This resource contains a curriculum guide with Critical Points of Quality Assurance and Animal Care video, charts and diagrams, identification tags, planning calendar and much more!

Dog Learning Laboratory Kit
Educatorbs Resource Materials set, this resource contains masters of the learning laboratory kit contents- situation/task statements, charts and diagrams, identification tags, and instructions.

Goat Learning Laboratory Kit
This resource contains a curriculum guide with Critical Points of Quality Assurance and Animal Care video, hoof trimming poster, digestive track poster and much more!

Horse Learning Laboratory Kit
This kit contains: animal skeleton structure poster, feed and seed samples, injection sites poster, ground handling horses safely video and much more!

Poultry Learning Laboratory Kit
This kit contains: Bird medication product label and insert posters, bird comb identification poster, egg quality image color cards and much more!

Rabbit Learning Laboratory Kit

This kit contains: Rabbit ear template, faults and disqualification charts, animal part identification poster and much more!

Sheep Learning Laboratory Kit

This kit contains: Animal part identification poster, wholesale meat cut poster, disease matching cards and much more!

Swine Learning Laboratory Kit

This kit contains: educators curriculum guide, animal skeleton structure poster, ear notches, color loin prints, meat science CD-Rom, and much more!

Plant Identification Learning Laboratory Kit

Its purpose is to introduce students to the basic concepts and terminology used in the identification of deciduous trees and shrubs.

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Expressive Arts

Scrapbooking Trunk
This trunk is designed to encourage youth to record and preserve their memories and/or heritage using photographs, journaling, memorabilia, and embellishments.

Quilting for Fun
Includes five sewing machines, basic sewing supplies and lesson materials needed to complete a beginner quilt for approximately 5 participants.

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Nutrition & Wellness

Eat Smart! Play Hard!
This trunk is filled with games and equipment to emphasize healthy eating and physical activity. The binder includes additional ideas and snack recipes.

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North Dakota Center for 4-H Youth Development
NDSU Dept 7280, FLC 219
PO Box 6050
Fargo, ND 58108-6050
Phone: (701) 231-7251
Fax: (701) 231-8568