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Fred -

A good resource on this question might be the Association of Science
Materials Centers (ASMC), which provides support to school districts and
their partners in preparing many of the elementary science units to which
you referred.

You can post an inquiry to their listserv at [log in to unmask] You'll need to
be a member of the listserv to send and receive messages, but membership is
simple. ASMC's website is www.kitsupport.org. At the bottom left of the
page, there is a link to the instructions for joining the listserv. It might
be worth it to join just to ask this question - it's always easy enough to
unsubscribe.

Let me know if you have any questions about it.

Bill
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Subject: Snail Question


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Hello all,

The ant conversation is going so well that I wanted to ask a related
question.

Do people have a source for land snails in their state?

Land snails (such as the brown garden snail - Helix aspersa), used to be
available and were incredibly popular in certain elementary science units.
As of last year, they became regulated, and cannot be distributed
interstate.

Do people use local suppliers now that they can't be sold by Carolina
Biological? Have people found other alternatives to the brown garden snail?

Thanks,

Fred

Fred Stein
Science Educator
Exploratorium Institute for Inquiry
3601 Lyon St.
San Francisco, CA 94123
(415) 561-0332
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