Teaching Kits

Please call 801.537.3300 to reserve a kit. Kits must be picked up and returned to the UGS office at the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Building at 1594 West North Temple, Suite 3110, Salt Lake City.

NEW! Landform kits contain fault blocks, tectonic model, Utah landforms PowerPoint presentation, and teaching manual with suggested activities.

  • Grade level: All
  • Loan period: One month
  • Deposit: $50.00 refundable

Ice Age Teaching Kit Ice Age teaching kits contain over 14 fossils and fossil casts from the small snail shells of Lake Bonneville to the large teeth and/or claws of cave bears, giant sloths, and saber-toothed cats, a Utah relief map showing glaciers and Lake Bonneville coverage during the recent Ice Age, and a teaching manual.

The teaching manual contains information on Ice Ages, especially in Utah and describes and shows what Utah looked like 18,000 years ago and what animal life was like. It also includes a PowerPoint presentation, resources, and activities.

  • Grade level: All
  • Loan period: Two weeks
  • Deposit: $50.00 refundable

Rock and Mineral KitRock, mineral, and fossil kits contain 75 identified specimens, a hardness kit, streak plate, magnifier, and suggested activities.

  • Grade level: All
  • Loan period: One month
  • Deposit: $50.00 refundable

Dinosaur teaching kits contain authentic and cast specimens, slides, publications, and other teaching aids.

  • Grade level: All
  • Loan period: Two weeks
  • Deposit: $100.00 refundable

Other organizations with geology-related teaching kits:

Dept of Natural Resources Dept of Natural Resources