Habitats Alive! an Ecological Guide to California S Diverse Habitats

BEAR MARKET BULLETIN for Cooperating Associations

TO: ALL COOPERATING ASSOCIATIONS JANUARY 31, 2009 All CALs

Habitats Alive! An Ecological Guide to California’s Diverse Habitats 513 pp., includes interactive CD-ROM explorations

This book with its companion CD is highly recommended as a research tool and/or an educational sales item where appropriate.

 Provides overviews of 53 different California habitats, with details on where each habitat can be found, how it got there, key plants and animals, adaptations and relationships, as well as resources for further investigation.

 Habitats CD-ROM: Explore all 53 habitats, organized by both regions and biomes, with lively animations, video clips, and hundreds of photos. Habitats is a perfect interactive reference for students of any age!

Retail price: $ 70.00 paper ISBN # 978-0-9711259-1-9 Wholesale price or discount: 40% discount

 For wholesale discounts or other questions, call, write or fax:

Roger Renn, Education Director [email protected] California Institute for Biodiversity office: 925 631-2481 1660 School Street, Suite 105 fax: 925 631-2484 Moraga, CA 94556 www.eurekaseries.org

(California State Parks is partnered with the California Institute for Biodiversity in the development and delivery of the Eureka! Series, professional development for teachers paired with digital classroom resources based on the local bio-region. For more about this program, see the Department’s website http://parks.ca.gov, and choose the ‘Learning’ tab.) Please share this information with others who might be interested.

This bulletin has been sent to you by: John D. Mott, CA State Parks, Interpretation and Education Division P.O. Box 942896, Sacramento, CA 94296-0001 TEL (916) 654-5397 FAX (916) 654-9048

California is one of the world’s most geographically and biologically diverse regions, but this diversity is under constant threat as a result of human activity. Habitats Alive!, a production of the California Institute for Biodiversity and the Rancho Santa Ana Botanical Garden, is designed to educate people about these amazing places in our trust and their importance to us all. This volume is brimming with tantalizing information about our state’s natural areas, and it is the perfect resource for any hiker, naturalist, teacher, or curious California resident or visitor. Be inspired by California’s incredible biodiversity!

Habitats Alive! An Ecological Guide to California’s Diverse Habitats includes:

--Overviews of 53 different California habitats, from Montane Chaparral to Desert Wash to Rocky Intertidal --Details on where each habitat can be found, how it got there, key plants and animals, and resources for further investigation --Pages of additional information on plant and animal adaptations and inter- relationships, human footprint (both present-day and historical), climate, eco- facts, and what people are doing to keep these places protected -- Habitats CD-ROM: Explore 53 California habitats, organized by both regions and biomes, with lively animations, video clips, and hundreds of photos. Habitats is a perfect interactive reference for students of any age!

California Science Content Standards 3rd grade: 3a, b, c; 5c 4th grade: 2a, b, c; 3a, b, c; 5a, c 5th grade: 2a; 3b, c; 4c 6th grade: 1d, e, f; 2b, c, d; 4e; 5a, b, c, d, e 7th grade: 3a, e High School: Biology: 6a, 8d; Earth Sciences 5c, 9b