Kit Rentals
Enhance your curriculum with a kit! Kits are rented for three week periods and can be picked up at the Museum & Theatre or shipped for an additional charge. These comprehensive kits contain activity plans, artifacts, books and audiovisuals. The cost of each kit is $100.Reservations: To book a classroom kit, please begin by clicking the link below to submit your request. A staff member will contact you to confirm your reservation, schedule a pick up and process payment.
Click here to fill out our online Kit Rental form.
∗FMI call 207-828-1234 x232 or email shana@kitetails.org.
Kit Descriptions
- Animal Adaptations and Communications
Learn how a variety of animals communicate and adapt to their environment while investigating artifacts like porcupine quills, fur samples and bird songs. Explore animal evidence through scat and track replicas.
MLR: Biodiversity, Ecosystems - Beaver Adaptations
Explore beaver artifacts including fur, feet, skull and tail. "Become" a beaver by dressing up with specific equipment demonstrating how beavers adapt to aquatic life.
MLR: Constancy & Change, Ecosystems - Birds in Flight
Learn bird songs, explore bird beaks, skulls and egg replicas and discover the challenges of migration and flight.
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MLR: Biodiversity, Evolution, Models - Celebrate Asia
Explore the cultural traditions and daily lives of multiple families in Asia. Choose either Japan, Cambodia or China to learn how a featured family from that country celebrates the New Year. Kit rental includes all three countries.
MLR: Individual, Cultural, International & Global Connections in Geography - Dinosaurs
Journey through prehistoric eras and learn about dinosaur characteristics and adaptations through life-size bone, scat, scale and egg replicas.
MLR: Evolution - Marine Mammals
Discover the whales, dolphins, porpoises and seals that inhabit the Gulf of Maine and explore their many adaptations. Investigate artifacts including baleen and bones and experiment with a "blubber mitt."
MLR: Biodiversity, Models, Scale - Owl Adaptations
Explore owl skulls, talons, eggs and more to learn about owls from Maine and away. Take part in games illustrating how these raptors survive and thrive in the food web.
MLR: Biodiversity, Ecosystems - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle (Free!)
Created by the Maine State Planning Office Learn about solid waste management and recycling and make your own recycled paper.
MLR: Matter & Energy, Science, Technology & Society - Reptiles & Amphibians
Explore what makes reptiles and amphibians similar and different. Investigate reptile and amphibian life cycles and learn how their unique adaptations contribute to their survival.
MLR: Biodiversity, Ecosystems - Rock Cycle
Learn about sedimentary, metamorphic and igneous rocks through an up close inspection of our collection, and recreate the rock cycle using everyday materials.
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MLR: Matter & Energy, Constancy & Change - Teeth & Skulls
Compare over ten skull replicas from a variety of Maine animals to discover what skulls reveal about creatures' hunting and survival techniques.
MLR: Biodiversity, Skills & Traits of Scientific Inquiry - Tree Ecosystems
Learn about the forest and its trees with artifacts from the Maine woods. Discover tree adaptation, its role in the forest and the many living things that make up the forest ecosystem.
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MLR: Biodiversity, Ecosystems - Winter Survival
There is more to winter than hibernation! Learn about habitats and special adaptations that creatures use to survive the long winter season in Maine, and explore many different fur samples from Maine animals.
MLR: Adaptations, Seasons, Local Environment
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