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Animals
This kit contains two books to help identify Minnesota mammals, 1 book for Minnesota reptiles and amphibians, and a quick guide for identifying animal tracks. It also includes a pair of binoculars, to help you sight the animals from a safe distance.
Birding
This kit contains two different Minnesota bird identification guides, one for adults and one for children, as well as an activity book for families going on a birding adventure together. If the weather is keeping you indoors, you can also listen to the 4 disc audio recording and learn to identify Minnesota birds by their songs and calls. Finally, it contains a pair of binoculars to help you see the birds more clearly, even at a distance.
Foraging
This kit contains 4 identification guides to common plants you might consider foraging for, from general foraging to medicinal foraging, and from mushrooms to berries. The kit also contains a magnifying glass to help you identify the plants you are studying.
Geocaching
This kit contains two books, a basic geocaching handbook, as well as a book on getting started with puzzle caches; it also contains a Garmin eTrex 10 GPS unit and an orienteering compass, to help you reach your destinations, plus a few writing utensils, for you to record you name in your found caches. You will need to provide your own maps, based on your destinations of choice.
Geology
This kit contains three different guides to the rocks and minerals of Minnesota, and a magnifying glass for seeing small details up close.
Hiking
This kit contains hiking guides of 2 different difficulty levels, an activity book for families adventuring together, 4 quick identification guides for plants and animals you might see along the way, binoculars for sighting at a distance, a magnifying glass for sighting up close, and a compass for help with navigation.
Little Critters
This kit contains 5 specialized identification guides, an activity book for families adventuring together, binoculars for sighting at a distance, a magnifying glass for sighting up close, 2 bug viewing jars with magnified lids and removable bases with built-in measurements, and tweezers to delicately handle your objects of study.
Orienteering
This kit contains two books on navigation and orienteering, to teach you either low-tech or high-tech methods, and a Garmin eTrex 10 GPS unit, an orienteering compass, and a combination altimeter and barometer to help you reach your destinations. You will need to provide your own maps, based on your destinations of choice.
Trees & Greens
This kit contains identification guides for Minnesota trees, lichens, ferns, and allies. It also contains a magnifying glass to help you with your identification efforts, and a flower & leaf pressing kit so you can better preserve and record your findings.
Water
This kit contains a pond life identification pamphlet, a Minnesota fish identification book, an activity book for families adventuring together, a magnifying glass for sighting up close, a bug viewing kit for careful observation of water bugs, and an aqua viewer kit for seeing underwater.
Wildflowers
This kit contains 3 different identification guides for a variety of Minnesota wildflowers, a magnifying glass to help you with your identification efforts, and a flower & leaf pressing kit so you can better preserve and record your findings.