Alaska Gateway School District

Thematic Kits

 

To check out any of the kits shown on this page, please contact Candy Thurneau or Deb Sparks at District Office.

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Alaska Alaska Native Culture Alaska Resources Animal Classification
Apple Botany, Plants & Earthday Community & Transportation Cowboys /Western
Dinosaurs Ecological System Endangered Species Explorers
Farms Health & Body Senses Insects Inventors
Living Things Machines Magnets Mexico
Native Americans Natural Disasters Oceans & Beaches Presidents
Rainforest Rocks, Minerals & Volcanoes Seasons Simple Machines
Space Tall Tales & Legends Zoo Animals  

 

Alaska Gateway School District

PO Box 226

Tok, Alaska 99780

Phone: (907) 883-5151

Fax: (907) 883-5154

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alaska

Books: Other:  

Discovering Salmon

Assorted Posters  
Arctic Fox Alaska Wildlife Project  
Alaska Teacher's Guide to Moose on the Loose w/worksheets  
Moose Maps  
Alaska State Guide Independent Learning Unit  
Northern Lights Alaska Activity Book  
Discovering Alaska Coloring Pages  
Pacific Salmon Photo Calendar  
Ak Threatened and Endangered Species
Alaska Nature Book
Inside Passage
Animal Suite of Alaska
Ranger Rick: Grizzly Bear
Bear Facts
Bear Escape
AK Fish and Game
Living in Alaska
Oil in Alaska
Comeback Salmon

 

Alaska Native Culture

Books: Teacher's Guide:
Stories of the Aleutians and Kodiak Alaska Natives and the Land: A High School Course of Study
A History of Alaskan Athabaskans  
Tracks in the Wildland  
The Eskimos of Northern Alaska  
Alaska Native Land Claims Video:
  Make Prayers to the Raven Vol. 1-5
Alaska Natives and the Land Changing Tides in Tatitlek
Earliest Times Agayuliyararput: The Living Tradition of Yup’ik Masks
The Land Settlement Alutiiq Pride: A Story of Subsistence
The American Indians and Their Lands Our Land, Our Future: The 1991 Amendments
The Land Claim Struggle Portraits of Leadership: Chief Katlian and Howard Rock
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: an Introduction The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
The Money Settlement
The Land Settlement
The Land Settlement, Our Land, Our Future: The 1991 Amendments to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
Andrew Isaac
 
 

 

Alaska Resources (Minerals & Energy)

Books: Other:
The Alaska Adventure Book Teacher's Worksheets
Moose for Kids Wildlife Notebook Series on Birds
Pacific Salmon: Alaska's Story Animal and Fish
Moose Workbooks
Come Back Unit- Oil in Alaska
Salmon
Alaska's Threatened and Endangered Species
Alaska
Northern Lights
 

 

Animal Classifications

Books: Videos: Unit:
Animals Alone and Together Everyone Matters Classification with Video and DVD
How to Draw Animals Birds You Can Learn
Wild Animals Mammals Land Animals
Birds Fish Fish
What Is A Turtle Amphibians and Reptiles Frogs and Toads
Why Do Tigers Have Striped   Amazing Animals
Animals in Danger: Asia    
Animals in Danger: Europe   Other:
Animals in Danger: Forests of Africa   Puzzle
Birds of North America   Zoobooks Collection
Horses and Ponies    
Dogs    
The True Book of Animal Homes    
Animals of the Sea and Shore  
Animals of the Woods and Forests
Reptiles and How They Grow
Frogs
Safari Animal Adventure
I Can Read About Bats
Birds are Flying
A Frog is Born
Bullfrog
Feathers and Flight
Animals and Their Teeth
Eggs and Baby Birds
I Can Read About Reptiles
I Can Read About Birds
I Can Read About Elephants
I Can Read About Horses
Animals That Migrate
Nature Facts and Lists
Encyclopedia of the Animal World
Mysteries and Marvels of the Animal World
How Birds Live
Animal Picture Word Book
Special Baby Animals
The Secret World of Animals
Ornithology
Animal Behavior
Animal Quizbook
Polar Wildlife
Where's the Reptile?
The Young Naturalist
Mountain Wildlife
Grassland Wildlife
The Great Animal Search
The Usborne Illustrated Encyclopedia
How Animals Hide

 

Apple

Books: Other:
Johnny Appleseed Goes Planting Apples- Thematic Unit
Apple Tree! Apple Tree! Apples-Theme Story
Who's Got the Apple? Assorted Materials and Activities
Johnny Appleseed
A.P.P.L.E.
 
 
 
 

 

 

Botany Plants & Earthday

Books: Other:
How to Have Fun with a Vegetable Garden Jigsaw Puzzle-Flowers
How To Have Fun With an Indoor Garden Books-Activity Books (12 sets)
Guide to Alaska Trees Leaflet- Alaska Mushroom Guide
The Reason for a Flower CD- Alaskan Trees
Look at the Seeds and Weeds  
Seeds are Wonderful Grade 6-12:
Cacti Photosynthesis-video
Weeds CD and Teacher's Guide
Trees of North America Flip Chart- 10 Colorful flip charts with teaching guide and reproducible worksheets
Wildflowers of North America  
I Can Read About Trees and Plants  
Mysteries and Marvels of Plant Life
Life in the Meadow
Life in the Forest
Plants
All About Trees
What is a Plant
Teacher's Addition and Master Copies of Plant Life (book Set)
North American Wild Flowers

 

 

Community and Transportation

Books: Press Outs: Others:
Monsters in the Mailbox Things That Go Assorted Activity Books and Materials
Hometowns    
Never Mail an Elephant
The Wall
Amazing Vehicles
 
 
 
 

 

Cowboys/Western

Books: Thematic Units:
Cobblestone; Fredrick Remington Cowboys
Cobblestone; America’s Cowboys Westward Migration (Teacher’s Guide and 10 Student Guides)
Cobblestone; Remember the Alamo Go West!: The Homesteader’s Challenge
Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World  
Sarah Winnemucca Magazine—Cowboys
Cowboys; Roundup on an American Ranch
Cowboys (2)
Children of the West
Heroes and Villains of the Wild West
Wonderful World of Horses Coloring Album
I Can Read About Pecos Bill
 

 

Dinosaurs

Books: Tape: Units and Kits:
Dinosaur Days Dinosaur Rap Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Life
The Magic School Bus: In the time of the Dinosaurs   Coloring Book: The Dinosaurs
A Dinosaur Ate My Homework   Dragons and Dinosaurs
Tyrannosaurus Was a Beast   Kit: Wooden skeleton, Wooly Mammoth
Allosaurus    
How to Draw Dinosaurs
I Can Read About Dinosaurs
Outside and Inside Dinosaurs
Prehistoric Mammals
My Visit to the Dinosaurs
Dinosaurs and Other Fun Things
Last of the Dinosaurs
If the Dinosaurs Came Back
Dinosaur Funbook
Thunderfeet: Alaska's Dinosaurs and other Prehistoric Critters
Kingdom of Giants
Kids Can Draw Dinosaurs
Did Comets Kill the Dinosaurs
How to draw Prehistoric Monsters
Dinosaurs and Other First Animals
When There Were Dinosaurs
Weird and Wonderful Dinosaur Facts
Terrible Tyrannosaurus
Where Are All the Dinosaurs
Prehistoric Record Breakers
Giant Dinosaurs
Dinosaur Time
Dinomania
Baby Triceratops and His Family
 
 
 

 

Ecological System

Books: Units
Ecology Our Environment
Protecting Our World Rivers and Ponds
Terrarium Habitats
Animal Eaters of the Pond
Animals of the Ponds and Streams
The Ponds
Deserts
Secrets of Our Nature
Scienceland
Alaska's Wild Salmon
Kids Discover Everglades
A Snail's Pace
How it Works- The Environment
 

 

Endangered Species

Books: Misc.
Kids Discover Endangered Species Endangered Species Poster
Zoo Books Endangered Animals
 

 

 

Explorers

Books:  
I Can Read About Magellan
I Can Read About Christopher Columbus
Lewis and Clark
Pedro's Journal
Christopher Columbus
Young Christopher Columbus Discoverer of New Worlds
Christopher Columbus: The Life of a Master Navigator and Explorer
Kids Discover Columbus
The Value of Curiosity: The Story of Christopher Columbus
 
 
 

 

Farms

Books:
Look at a Calf
What is a Chicken
What's Wrong With Being a Skunk
Farm Alphabet Book
The World of Farm Animals
Understanding Dogs
Big Fat Hen
The Cow That Went Oink
Understanding Cats
The Little Chick
 

 

Health and Body Senses

Units: Books: Videos:
Food and Nutrition Wonderful Ears The Incredible Ride-VHS
Five Senses Wonderful Eyes Greena's Tremendous Tooth Adventure-VHS
My Body Our Eyes
A Guide for Using The Magic School Bus: Inside theHuman Body Clean Enough
The Human Body A Drop of Blood
Dr. Know-it-All's Inner Body Works Use Your Brain
A Global Oral health Education Program My Five Senses
Being Healthy Look...What Do You See?
Inside Out Touch....What Do You Feel?
  Lisetn....What Do You Hear?
  The Secrets of the Human Body
  The ABC's of Good Oral Health
  Skin
  The Human Body
   

 

Insects

Books: Tapes: Videos:
How Spiders Live Spiders and Insects Insects- VHS
Spiders and Their Webs    
Monster Bugs Units:  
Spiders are Special Animals Butterflies  
Amazing Spiders Ranger Rick's Nature Scope  
Bugs Young Scientists Explore Insects  
The Itsy Bitsy Spider    
Butterflys    
Insects and Spiders Stick Book    
I Can Read About Creatures of the Night    
Discovering What Crickets Do    
Bee's Can Fly    
Carolina Antrhopods Manual    
A Mosquito is Born    
Diary of a Honey Bee    
Eggs
Larvae and Flies
Monarch Butterflys
I can Read About Creepy Crawly Creatures
I Can Read About Bees and Wasps
I Can Read About Insects
The Insect Parade
Tony and the Butterfly
Learning about Insects and other Small Animals
How Flies Live
Insects: A close-up Look

What is a Butterfly?

Ants, Insects and other Small creatures
The Beekeeper
Big Bug Fun
How Ants Live

 

Inventors

Books:
The Value of Saving: The Story of Benjamin Franklin
Inventions and Discoveries
Young Orville and Wilbur Wright
Thomas Alva Edison
Young Albert Einstein
Young Ben Franklin
Wilbur and Orville Wright: The Flight of Adventure
Thomas Edison
The Story of Thomas Alva Edison Inventor
Five Notable Inventors
Always Inventing
Kids Discover Ben Franklin
Kids Discover Thomas Edison
A Picture Book of Thomas Alva Edison.
 

Living Things

Animal observatory  
Flowering Plants
Us it Alive
Seed Mysteries

 

Machines

Books:
Cutting Machines
How Machines Help
Machines
Machines and Energy
Farm Machines
Amusement Park Machines
Undersea Machines
The world of the Future Robots
How Things Began
How Machines Work
Kids Discover Simple Machines
 

Magnets

Kits: Books: Flip Charts:
Level 2 Magnets Mickey's Magnet Physical Science
Level 1 Magnets Magnets....A World to Discover Level 1  
Level 3 Magnets Magnet Magic Assorted Material and Activities
Magnets are Fun The Know How Book of Batteries and Magnets  
Magnetism and Electricity Electricity's Silent Partner; Magnetism
  What is a Magnet?
   
   
   

 

Mexico

Books: Assorted Activities
Tortillas
Amigo
Too Many Tamales
Learn Spanish
First Thousand Words in Spanish
El Castillo Misterioso( Myster Castle)
 

 

Native Americans

Books: Video:
…If You Lived With the Indians of the Northwest Coast Native Americans: The History of a People
Sitting Bull: The Story of a Dakota Sioux Chief  
Chief Joseph Leader of Destiny  
If You Lived with the Iroquois Coloring Books
Art and Indian Children Activities
Between Two Worlds  
Kids Discover Plains Indians Units:
Osceola Seminole Warrior Native Americans- Primary and Early Childhood
Black Hawk Frontier Warrior  
Pontiac Chief of the Ottawa's, Squanto The Pilgrim Adventure
Pocahontas Girl of Jamestown
Tecumseh Shawnee War Chief
Blue Feather’s Vision: The Dawn of Colonial America
Kids Discover-America 1942
The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush
 

 

Natural Disasters

Books: Kit:
Kids Discover Volcanoes Tsunami Education Resource with CD
Earthquakes  
Volcanoes and Earthquakes  
Storms and Hurricanes  
Exploring Natural Disasters  
Volcano: The Eruption and Healing of Mount St. Helens  
Snow Sense  
Earthquake in the Early Morning  
Twister on Tuesday  
Forest Fires
Storm Chasers
I Can Read About Earthquakes and Volcanoes
Earthquakes
Volcanoes
Free Riding in Avalanche Terrain
Sledding in Avalanche Terrain
Backcountry Avalanche Awareness
The Avalanche Handbook
A Guide for Using The Magic School Bus Inside a Hurricane
Grade 3-5 Activities with Video

 

 

Oceans and Beaches: 2 Box Kit

Books: Video: Units:
The Mystery of the Lost Beach Ocean Environments Discovering Marine Mammals
How do Fish Live?   Rivers and Ponds
Starting a Marine Aquarium   Oceanography
Prehistoric Oceans Tapes and Cd's: Undersea
Oceans Oceans- Tape Oceans
Crabs Ocean- CD Sea Animals
The Survival Of Fish   The Seas
The Fishes Beneath the Tropic Seas   At Shore
The Coral Reef   Coloring Books
Guide to Corals and Fish   Posters
Natures Light: The Story of Bioluminescence   Activities
Sharks   Floor Puzzle
Is It a Fish?    
Red Tag Comes Back    
The Kingdom of the Sea    
What's Under the Sea?    
The Pacific Ocean    
Beaches and Coasts    
Ocean Mammals    
What is a Fish    
Seas and Oceans    
Questions and Answers about Sharks    
Homer the Beachcomber    
A First Look at Whales    
In the Ocean
Wonders of the Sea
Dolphins and Porpoises
Life in the Sea
Sand to Sea
I Can Read About Whales and Dolphins
I Can Read About Sharks
Teacher at Sea
Water Science
Tide Pool
The Seas
Seas and Oceans
Ships
Sailors and the Ocean
Mysteries and Marvels of the Ocean Life
Discovery Book for The Seattle Aquarium
Puzzle Ocean
Dolphins: Our Friends in the Sea
 

 

Presidents (US History)

Books: …If Your Life Was Changed at Ellis Island
Sailing to America, The Wild Year: Joshua’s Oregon Trail Diary …If You Lived in Colonial Times
Westward to Home: Joshua’s Oregon Trail Diary …If You Lived at the Time of Martin Luther King
Bully For You …If You Lived in Williamsburg in Colonial Days
Teddy Roosevelt …If You were a Pioneer on the Prairie
True Stories About Abraham Lincoln …If You Lived When There Was Slavery in America
In Their Own Words: Abraham Lincoln …If You Grew Up with Abraham Lincoln
My Brother’s Keeper: Virginia’s Civil War Diary …If You Lived at the Time of the Civil War
Five Smooth Stones: Hope’s Revolutionary War Diary Young George Washington
When Freedom Comes: Hope’s Revolutionary War Diary George Washington Young Leader
Our Strange New Land: Elizabeth’s Jamestown Colony Diary James Monroe Young Patriot
The Book of Presidents Teddy Roosevelt Rough Rider
Facts and Fun About the Presidents Andrew Jackson Frontier Patriot
In Their Own Words: Paul Revere …If You Lived at the Time of the American Revolution
George Washington Man and Monument Lincoln A Photobiography
Freedom’s Wings: Corey’s Underground Railroad Diary The Value of Foresight: The Story of Thomas Jefferson
…If You Grew Up With George Washington Kids Discover Panama Canal
Fabulous Facts About the 50 States Kids Discover Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman: The Life of an African-American Abolitionist
Abraham Lincoln: The Life of America’s Sixteenth President
 
 
 

 

Rainforest

Books: Units: Videos:
Flashy Fantastic Rain Forest Frogs Jungle Forest Rainforest Voices
What is a Tree Rainforest Wildlife The Journey to Earth
Explore a Spooky Swamp    
The Great Kapok Tree CD: Puzzles
At Home in the Rainforest Rainforest Activities
Jungles
Afternoon on the Amazon
Your Pet Iguana
A Walk in the Rainforest
Zoobooks: The Apes
Parrots Zoobook
Kids Discover the Rainforest
Kids Discover the Everglades
Rainforest Wildlife
In the Rainforest
 

 

Rocks, Minerals and Volcanoes

Media: Books: Units:
Rocks and Minerals VHS The Magic School Bus Inside the Earth Rocks and Soil
How Does The Land Build Up I Can Read About Fossils Gold Rush
Our Planet Earth Rocks and Fossils Earth Science: Tables and Tabulations
How Does the Land Wear Down I Can Read About Caves Geological Process
Great Volcanoes Rocks and Minerals Elbow Deep in Mud pies and Minerals
Rock Odyssey Minerals of the World Rocks and Minerals
  Facts and Lists Colorful Minerals Identifier
  What is Rock?  
  What Happens to Rock? Activities:
  Man and His Gold Unit with Video-Fossil Video Quiz
  I Can Read About Earthquakes and Volcanoes  
  Volcanoes and Earthquakes  
  Kids Discover Volcanoes  
  Everybody Needs a Rock
  Discovering Northwest Volcanoes
  Mining Minerals and Me
  Rocks and Minerals
  A Mountain Adventure
  Geology
  Alaska's Oil/Gas and Minerals Industry

 

Seasons

Books: Transparencies:
Snow Trek Seasons and Living Things
Moon Cycle
I Can Read About Seasons
 

 

Simple Machines

Clever Levers  
Gears at work  
Pulley Power  
Wheels at work  
Work: Plane and Simple  

Space

Books: Activity Books:  
Stars Outer Space Adventures Assorted Pictures and Posters Set
The Sky Observer's Guide Solar System Puzzle Kit  
The Sun and Other Stars Stars Motorized Solar System and Planetarium
I Can Read About Planets The Magic School Bus: Lost in the Solar System  
Outer Space Fun Astronomy  
The Great Moon Hoax Planets Teacher's Addition and Workbooks:
Exploring Space Gravity The Earth and Beyond
What is In Space? The Sun  
Earth and Moon The Moon and the Earth  
Space Circles Space Kids Discover Mars  
Moons and Rings Solar System  
The Day We Walked On The Moon
Earth
Moon and Stars
Solar System
Photographic Atlas of the Planets
 

 

Tall Tales & Legends

Books: Thematic Units:
Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox Milticultural Folk Tales
Paul Bunyan Swings His Ax Tall Tales
Paul Bunyan and His Blue Ox  
I Can Read About Paul Bunyan Other:
Paul Bunyan Fights the Monster Plants Assorted Materials and Activities
Paul Bunyan  
John Henry and His Mighty Hammer  
Pecos Bill Rides a Tornado  
Pevos Bill the Roughest  
Toughest and Best  
Quillworker  
A Cheyenne Legend  
All the Children of the World  
Cobblestone  
The First Dog  
The Indians Knew  
Native American Doctor  
Indian Homes  
The Twelve Dancing Princesses  
Children of the Earth and the Sky  
Paul Bunyan  
Sequoya  
Water Lilies and Other Stories  
An Algonquian Legend  
The Crane Wife  
North Country Christmas  
The Tlingit  
The Magic Fish  
Everybody Bakes Bread  
The Magic Amber  
....If You Lived In Alaska Territory  
The Woman Who Outshone the Sun  
Corn Is MAize; the Gift of the Indians  
Can Dogs Talk  
Peach Boy; a Japanese Legend  
The Empty Pot  
The Legend of Sacrifice; a Blackfeet Indian Tale  
Little Wolf
Buffalo Woman
Hide and Sneak
Johnny Appleseed
Kenya's Family Reunion
The Desert Is Theirs
The Golden Slipper; a Vietnamese Legend
Knots on a Counting Rope
Tales of Wonder
Make a Wish
Molly
Where the Buffaloes Begin
East of the Sun and West of the Moon
The Enchanted Tapestry
Just Plain Fancy
 

 

Zoo Animals:

Books: Activities:
Animals How Animals Get Food
North American Wildlife How Animals Protect Themselves
What Happens at the Zoo Junior Zoologist; A unit of study
Animals at the Zoo Land Animals
Close to the Wild; Siberian Tigers in a Zoo Assorted Materials
Zoo Babies
Wonders of Camels
Animals That Use Tools
Giraffes
The Story of Sea Otters
Mammals We Know
Amazing Animals
Elephants Zoo Books