Dear Donna
I see Helmut has already listed the 6 classes.
No one has replied about a video - probably as there isn't one. I certainly
do not know of any, molluscs are usually a tack on to other marine articles.
There is now a CDROM on molluscs of NSW Australia. Perhaps something similar
in the US?
Geoff


>From: jwk <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: mollusk presentation
>Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 14:17:01 -0700
>
>I'm living on Navajo Indian Reservation in Tuba City, Az and want to do a
>presentation on mollusks to children in the schools approximately ages 12
>through 16.  I have some specimens of bivalves and univalves from New York,
>Florida and Md and some that a kind person sent me that may be from
>Australia.  I have put them into presentation boxes and I have pictures of
>the classifications that I'm planning on glueing to poster board as I, of
>course, won't have examples of all the classes. In addition, I'm not an
>expert in this field and one of my books mentioned that there were 6
>classes but I can only find five mentioned.  Would someone be so kind as to
>clarify this for me.  I did this once for my children's classes about 25
>years ago but will need to redo my presentation speech.  However, I'm
>having a great deal of difficulty finding an appropriate video to go along
>with the presentation.  I bought the Eyewitness "Shells" thinking it was
>all mollusks and found that it contained shells of bugs, coconuts etc in
>addition to mollusks and is inappropriate for these children from a desert
>environment who would be too confused by this.  The local libraries in
>Flagstaff and Page (both 80 miles away) have nothing to offer and they tell
>me that there is no interlibrary loan service in regard to videos.  Does
>anyone know of a video that would be appropriate for the age group that I
>mentioned and be very appealing to said age group?  I would appreciate any
>information anyone can give me.  I feel these kids are missing so much.
>Many thanks.  Donna

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