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Educational Resources for Illinois Prairies!

Biodiversity of Illinois Searchable Index
ENTICE Workshops Web Page
General Prairie Information
Hummingbird Gardens
Illinois Habitats are Homes poster
Illinois' Natural Divisions poster
Illinois' Natural History 101
Illinois Prairie Wildflowers poster
Illinois Prairies Coloring Poster
Inland Sand Areas poster
Inland Sand Areas - accompanying poster guide
Kids for Conservation® Archive – September 2016, Prairie Wildflowers
Kids for Conservation® Archive - September 2019, Fall Flowers for Pollinators
Kids for Conservation® Archive - May 2020, Illinois Milkweeds
Kids for Conservation® Archive - July 2021, Illinois Prairies
Pollinator/Butterfly Gardens
Prairie Establishment and Landscaping booklet
Prairie Parklands: An Inventory of the Region's Resources booklet
Prairie Requirements and Plant Lists (Short Prairie)
Prairie Requirements and Plant Lists (Tall Prairie)
Resources Trunks and Field Packs
Schoolyard Habitat Action Grant

Podcasts

Click here for the Podcasts page. Search "Invertebrates" or "General Lessons."
  • Bumble bees Bombus spp. on common milkweed Asclepias syriaca
  • Bumble bee Bombus sp. on drooping coneflower Ratibida pinnata
  • Bumble bee Bombus sp. on prairie dock Silphium terebinthinaceum
  • Carpenter bee Xylocopa sp. on wild bergamot Monarda fistulosa
  • Illinois Prairie Wildflowers
  • Monarch Danaus plexippus on prairie dock Silphium terebinthinaceum
  • Monarchs Danaus plexippus on purple coneflower Echinacea purpurea
  • Monarch Mania! Helping Monarchs
  • Monarch Mania! Monarchs and Milkweeds
  • Native bee on drooping coneflower Ratibida pinnata
  • Schoolyard Wildlife Habitat Development: Part 1
  • Schoolyard Wildlife Habitat Development: Part 2
  • Volo Bog State Natural Area Prairie Ridge Trail Scavenger Hunt
  • What Am I? Plant 1
  • What Am I? Plant 2

Activity Books

Prairie Primer

Students of grades 4-8 can learn about the ecology of Illinois' prairie habitats with this 32-page publication. The accompanying poster depicts the organisms that are discussed in the text.