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The Bone Box is, by far, the Arizona Game and Fish Department's most popular resource trunk. It contains the skulls, hides and pictures from 10 common Arizona mammals. There are a number of other resources included in the box to help you bring native wildlife into your classroom.
The Bone Box is the most widely distributed box across the state. Each of our regional offices has them available as well as a number of other partner organizations.
Like all of our resource trunks, they cannot be shipped. They must be picked up and returned to the appropriate location. The trunks are free to borrow and are usually checked out for about a week at a time.
The information below will help you get a better understanding of the resources that are available within the bone box. Hopefully, this will help you adequately prepare to bring the box into your classroom.
If you are interested in checking out a Bone Box, use the map at http://www.azgfd.gov/bonebox to find the location most convenient to you.
All of the items in the Bone Box. This includes: hides, skulls and pictures of 10 mammals; habitat and career photographs; a mammal information book; a tracking sheet; a teacher's guide with lessons and background information.
BONE BOX RESOURCES
BONE BOX RESOURCES
The links below will provide you access to digital versions of documents and resources that are available within the box.
- Inventory Sheet - A list of all of the materials found in the Bone Box.
- Teacher's Guide - The complete, new edition of the teacher's guide, includes background information, assessment ideas and lesson plans for K-12.
- Pictures - A collection of pictures that relate to the materials and themes of the box.
- America's Wildlife: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow - a high school curriculum focused on the history of wildlife management in Arizona
RELATED DEPARTMENT VIDEOS
RELATED DEPARTMENT VIDEOS
The Department has produced a number of video segments as part of its Arizona Wildlife Views television program. Many of these feature the mammals included in the Bone Box. The links below take you directly to the YouTube pages for each of these videos.
- Bear Loose in City is Tranquilized and Relocated
- Bears and Garbage
- Beavers in Arizona
- Black Bears
- Bobcat
- Coues' White-tailed Deer
- Deer Canal Rescue
- Deer Health Check
- Don't Feed Wildlife
- Javelina
- Living with Urban Wildlife
- Mountain Lions
- Mountain Lions in Arizona
- Mule Deer Study and Release
- Nuisance Bears
- Nuisance Wildlife
- Predators of Arizona
- Project CAT
- Rescued 8-Week-Old Orphaned Mountain Lion
- Rescuing and Orphaned Mountain Lion Cub
- Where Is She Now? Orphaned Mountain Lion
- Wild Pets: The Exotic Pet Trade
ARCHIVED BONE BOX RESOURCES
ARCHIVED BONE BOX RESOURCES
The Bone Box was updated in 2012 with some many new resources and information. Although the following items are no longer included in the Bone Box, we have made them available digitally for those that were still interested.
- Teacher's Guide - Old: The old version of the teacher's guide. Printed copies are no longer included in the box.
- Coloring Pages
- Crossword: Mammals
- Decoding Tracks
- Word Search: Mammals
- Word Search: Skulls
- Word Search: Teeth
ADDITIONAL DEPARTMENT RESOURCES
ADDITIONAL DEPARTMENT RESOURCES
The Department has a number of other related educational resources that are not officially included in the Bone Box.
- Bears Theme Page - Collated resources focused on bears.
- Dine Guide - A PDF book which provides guidance on the appropriate ways to use and teach specific wildlife with Navajo children.
- Explore Arizona - A computer program that introduces students to the various biotic communities in Arizona.
- Focus Wild Activities - Short activity pages originally included in the Arizona Wildlife Views magazine.
- Mammals Field Guide - a printable field guide that includes line art drawings of some of Arizona's mammal species.
- Wild Kids - Older activity pages that were divided into 3 grade bands.
ADDITIONAL EDUCATION RESOURCES
ADDITIONAL EDUCATION RESOURCES
A number of education activities that we have collected from other organizations.
- Arizona Geographic Alliance - Some lessons that combine literacy and geography.
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