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Flash Cards of Common Freshwater Invertebrates of North America

Set Two--Families of Mollusks, Stoneflies, Mayflies, and Caddisflies

Set Three--Families of Other Insects

Flash cards are recognized as an effective teaching/learning tool because they use visualization to associate information. Since 2002, images and information about freshwater invertebrates in J. Reese Voshell's popular book A Guide to Common Freshwater Invertebrates of North America have been used by teachers and students at all levels and in biomonitoring activities by a wide range of people from citizen volunteers to professional scientists.

SET TWO and SET THREE treat the taxa at the family level and thereby provide more detail which, in turn, affords the opportunity to better understand the biological diversity of freshwater systems and the changes in environmental health brought on by human activities. These sets would be most useful for teaching principles of biology and ecology at advanced high school and college levels, for training instructors who would be conducting interpretation or outreach activities, and for biomonitoring carried out by experienced citizen volunteers, agency personnel, or professional scientists.

Now available.

New Titles - 2009

Flash Cards of Common Freshwater Invertebrates

of North America

Set One--Major Classes and Orders

SET ONE covers the major classes and orders of freshwater invertebrates. This set would be basic to teaching/learning biology and ecology at the K-12 levels, for interpretation and outreach activity, and for biomonitoring of freshwater streams and ponds.

Now available.

QuickGuide to Major Groups of Freshwater Invertebrates

Also derived from J. Reese Voshell's popular book A Guide to Common Freshwater Invertebrates of North America is a simple and effective guide with which common, widespread freshwater organisms can be identified to the taxonomic level of Class or Order, levels that are often satisfactory for teaching the principles of freshwater ecology and biological monitoring of freshwater streams and ponds. This guide is ideal for beginning and intermediate users wanting to learn about different body structures in these invertebrates and how to use these differences to identify the organisms.

Now available.

The Bug Book: A Guide to the Identification of Common Aquatic Benthic Macroinvertebrate Families of California and Western North America

Recently released by Friends of Deer Creek of Nevada City, CA, The Bug Book, now in its second edition, is a unique accomplishment of the ten-year-old watershed protection group. The book has been used as a supplement to the hands-on benthic macroinvertebrate sampling and identification training courses given by Friends of Deer Creek to local volunteers and in statewide training courses. The book has been expanded from the first edition, includes over 300 drawings and photographs, and is now available from McDonald & Woodward Publishing to a nationwide audience.

Now available.

Alphabetical Breeds in Color

Alphabetical Breeds in Color is the newest children's book from Larry Hohman. Beautifully illustrated and presented in the same format as his other titles, Hohman describes in rhyming verse 26 domesticated dog breeds.

Now available.