Reserve a Teaching Kit for Your Classroom!
Teaching Kits are a valuable resource for providing hands-on science and place-based learning in a classroom. Choose from a variety of kit options from Wings, Feet and Feathers to a Solar Power engineering opportunity. Each teaching kit is aligned with Next Generation Science Standards and will enhance your curriculum and excite your students.
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- Biofacts
- Chemistry
- Engineering
- Equipment/Tools
- Natural History
Bark Beetle Kit
Discover the hidden world under the tree bark! Students investigate the ecological role of the bark beetle and how it can both help and harm forest communities.
Beaver Kit
Connect the beaver’s trademark with its adaptations through a closer look at the beaver skull and beaver pelts.
Bird Adaptations Kit
Learn about different types of birds while also comparing certain elements that differ within bird families.
Bird Nests Kit
Discover the preferences in materials, size and texture of different species and interpret what these choices say about the bird species itself.
Bird Watching Kit
Students learn how to identify the commonly found species of birds in the Upper Valley region using binoculars, guides, and photos.
Gall Kit
Discover the commonly unobserved natural process of Galls, abnormal growths on a plant that act as a home for small insects, mites, fungi and even viruses.
Game Camera Kit
This kit comes with all you need to give students an exciting opportunity to see who occupies their schoolyard when all human activity has ended for the day.
Going in Cycles Kit
Students will become familiarized with where water travels, how it gets there, and frequency of its deposition in common water bodies.
Insect Kit
Students learn how to identify the commonly found species of insects in the Upper Valley region using nets, guides, and photos.
Teaching Tools
Reserve teaching tools for your classroom! Hover over each tool for a description.
Bringing Science Inquiry & Investigation to Life in Your Classroom
Each VINS Science Educator has a Master of Education degree, is a Highly Qualified Teacher, and holds a teaching license in Vermont and New Hampshire.