Safari in a Box
Safari in a Box is a K-12 education kit designed to provide exciting, hands-on learning. It gives teachers and others who work with young people resources and ideas to introduce youth to important concepts of habitat, wildlife management and impacts resulting from human and wildlife interactions.
The kit is suitable for use by teachers at any level, environmental educators in local, state and federal parks, 4-H and Scout leaders, wildlife conservation educators in State and Federal fish and wildlife agencies, community nature centers and hunting, fishing or trapping organizations who do wildlife education programs in their community. Safari in a Box is even being used in the children's wing of a hospital.
Safari in a Box offers children and adults a hands-on wildlife experience in an urban, suburban, or rural setting, in or out of doors. For many, the kit is the gateway to appreciation of the outdoor world and provides their only contact with a wild animal. Safari in a Box helps adults and young people in our increasingly urban environment re-establish their connection with our land and their link to the natural world.
What's in the Box?...
To provide a real wildlife encounter, Safari in a Box has some parts or products from real wildlife that were accidentally killed on highways, or legally harvested by hunters and trappers. The kit provides many items that are not easily obtainable through traditional educational sources but are vital to this type of hands-on educational experience.
The kit contains real or plastic replica skulls, pelts, rubber tracks, and rubber scat (feces) for common animals such as beaver, skunk, bobcat, coyote, raccoon, mink, muskrat, and deer. These items can be used in learning activities such as comparing animal adaptations for different habitats and differences in animal diet, or in fun activities such as making T-shirts with animal and predator tracks.
Lesson plans, activity suggestions, teacher's guides and posters are included. The video, Habitat Earth-Wildlife, demonstrates the importance of habitat to all animals. Habitat Earth-H20 takes viewers on a journey that shows how humans contribute to impaired water quality.
Buy Safari in a Box...
Safari in a Box can be purchased online by clicking here. A limited supply of cost subsidized kits is also available through SCI Chapters and SCI Foundation Sables Divisions. To locate the Chapter or Division nearest you, call 888-553-5838 x228. For more information, contact the region representative near you. 
Learning with Safari in a Box...
Safari in a Box demonstrates that:
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Most animals are both predators and prey.
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Similarities and differences exist between herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores.
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Animals need food, water, shelter, and space in their habitat, and plant and animal succession plays a role in meeting these needs.
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Some animals are endangered; others are not.
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Different animal species have different adaptations for the same feature, such as fur.
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Wildlife is a renewalble resource.
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Good wildlife management practices ensure the continuation of healthy wildlife populations.
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Regulated hunting and trapping are part of good wildlife management.
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Humans use animals for food, clothing, work and as pets.
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