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The Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum has available a collection of many species of shells, with teaching instructions, for purchase by Schools or Children's Museums. The cost is $20.00 ($25.00 U.S. funds to Canada or Mexico, $30.00 U.S. funds to other foreign countries) to cover materials and shipping. Purchase orders must be accompanied by a check. The Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum’s 10-minute children’s video, Shells of the Sea, is available for an additional $10.00. In addition, Mollusks in Action, a 30-minute intermediate-level video is available for $19.95 in either VHS format or DVD.
Please make checks payable to The Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum. Schools or Children's Museums interested in obtaining a school shell collection kit and optional shell-related videos must make a written request on their institutional letterhead. (Please include a street address, not a P. O. Box, for UPS shipping.)
The collections are intended to be part of the curriculum for classroom instruction (in order for the shell kit to reach as many children as possible). The collection is suitable for grades 4 through 8, and preferably should be put under the guidance of a science or biology teacher. When displayed, the collection takes up a space of approximately 3 x 4 feet. Shells of the Sea explains how shells grow, what they eat, where they live, and how they move. It is an NTSC-format video that is suitable for children in pre-kindergarten through grade 6. For grades four and up, Mollusks in Action provides information about the life of mollusks in greater detail.
- Teacher's Guide
- Student's Identification Guide
- Seashells of the World,
a Golden Nature Guide - Species of marine mollusks
- One set of labels
- Optional video (Shells of the Sea) (additional $10.00)
- Optional DVD (Mollusks in Action) (additional $19.95)
The School Shell Collection Kit is assembled, packed, and mailed by volunteers. There is a limited supply, so there may be delays in shipping.
At this time, School Shell Collection Kits have been received by more than 2,000 schools and museums in the United States, American Samoa, Australia, the Bahamas, Canada, Ecuador, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Honduras, the Marshall Islands, Norway, Russia, South Africa, Spain, and Switzerland.