Optional Shell-Related Videos
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. In addition, two 30-min intermediate-level videos, The Secret Lives of Seashells and Trails & Tales of Living Seashells are available in DVD format for $19.95 each.
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. For grades four and up, The Secret Lives of Seashells provides information about the life of mollusks in greater detail.
The carton contains:
- Teacher's Guide
- Student's Identification Guide
- Seashells of the World,
a Golden Nature Guide - Species of marine mollusks
- One set of labels
- Optional DVD (Trails & Tales of Living Seashells) (additional $19.95)
- Optional DVD (The Secret Lives of Seashells (formerly Mollusks in Action)) (additional $19.95)
Requests should be mailed to The Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum, P. O. Box 1580, Sanibel, FL 33957. The science teacher should be identified by name. (No exceptions, sorry.) Donations to further this program are always welcome and are tax-deductible.
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.