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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