Pre-Made Activities/Curriculum
Background Information
Prairie Flora
Prairie Fauna
Cultural Resources
Just for Fun
Supplies Available
- Flowering Plant Reproduction in the Tallgrass Prairie
- Butterflies, Hummingbirds, and Bees Oh My! Pollinators on the Tallgrass Prairie
- Bison Adaptations
- Bison Life Cycle
- Bison and the Food Web
- Bison or Buffalo? Which is the Correct Name
- Root Kerplunk
- Muddy Waters
- Root Community
- America's Lost Landscape: The Tallgrass Prairie
- Tallgrass Prairie: A Multidisciplinary Curriculum
- Thicket Game
Background Information
- What is a tallgrass prairie?
- How have tallgrass prairies changed over time?
- Why do we burn prairies?
- History and Introduction to the Tallgrass Prairie
- Prairies and Pollinators
Prairie Flora
Prairie Fauna
- Irvine Prairie Ornithology Guide (Birds of the Prairie)
- Snakes - Sense of Smell Diagram
- Mammals of the Tallgrass Prairie
Cultural Resources
- People and Bison
- Bison Bellows: Indigenous Hunting Practices
- The Sacred Relationship Between Native Americans and the American Buffalo Media Gallery
- Traditional Uses of Bison Powerpoint
- Intertribal Buffalo Council Teacher Resources
- All About Atlatls
- How to Throw an Atlatl
- Atlatl & Rabbit Stick Demonstration Video
Just for Fun
Supplies Available
- Various taxidermied mounts
- Various taxidermied specimen "parts" (i.e. feet, wings, heads, etc.)
- Various pelts
- Various tallgrass prairie field guides
- Various educational posters
- Bison tote (pelt, bones, historically used bison parts, posters/diagrams, etc.)
- Atlatl supplies (atlatls, darts, targets)
- Insect supplies (see Insects page)
