Educational CD-ROM Series Index

Click on the links below to access teacher background materials, lessons, student activity pages and more from these IDNR educational CD-ROMs. Users must have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on their computer to open these files. Adobe Acrobat Reader can be downloaded free of charge from the ADOBE website.

Aquatic Illinois - grades 5-9

Illinois Biodiversity - grades 5-9

Illinois Birds - grades 4-6

Kids for Trees - grades K-3

Wild Mammals of Illinois - grades 4-6

Videos from CD-ROM series

Prying into Prions: Investigating Chronic Wasting Disease DVD

This supplemental unit for high school students explores prion diseases, including chronic wasting disease. In six lessons, students learn about transmissible spongiform encephalopathies by examining the role of proteins in organisms, the chemistry and properties of proteins, the genetic processes that create proteins, and how proteins can become pathogenic. Students also study how chronic wasting disease is affecting Illinois’ white-tailed deer herd and what control measures are being taken. Adapted by the IDNR Division of Education with permission from the Colorado Division of Wildlife’s original unit, the lessons are designed to be taught in sequence. A video is included. All lessons are correlated to the Illinois Learning Standards. This unit is produced in DVD format. It is only available to high school teachers in Illinois. Request should be made in writing on school letterhead and mailed to the IDNR Division of Education, One Natural Resources Way, Springfield, IL 62702.

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