This manual is filled with facts about the lobster's physiology, habits, personality and behavior. But it goes beyond these topics to include the history of the lobster industry in the Northeast, threats to the lobster's environment and conservation rules and practices designed to protect and prolong the lobster population. The material is presented in a teacher and student friendly style, in a three ring binder, and includes a CD with the manual's 69 illustrations, most in full color, in either Adobe PDF or Powerpoint formats. The material is also available as an electronic document in Adobe PDF format, and the CD is also sold separately. The binder allows teachers to add their own notes, and the CD formats allow teachers to present selected topics in any sequence. That feature and the writing style accounts for the fact that there is content suitable for presentation to the range of students in grades 3 through 12.www.georgesmithpublishing.com