Environmental Lessons

Md. Teachers Can Check Out 'Trunks' on Deer

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources has created “resource trunks” for Maryland educators to use to teach about the white-tailed deer, one of the most recognizable wild animals in the state.

The trunks, which can be signed out by teachers for free for one or two weeks, contain a teacher’s curriculum guide, two illustrated books, a CD of deer sounds, a deer hide, an antler, and a replica of a deer skull.

Karina E. Blizzard, the associate director for the wildlife and heritage service for the department, said she got the idea of creating animal trunks for...