This page includes general resources for all teachers who bring their students to the Konza Prairie Biological Station to participate in the Schoolyard Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) program.  It also has examples of lesson plans that teachers have used in the classroom before coming to KPBS and after returning back to their schools.  These resources will help prepare students for a productive learning experience in each of the projects.

Resources for all teachers

1) Teacher's Schoolyard LTER Workshop information -- Be a part of next summer's workshop and bring your students out next year.

2) Examples of Teacher Lesson Plans

3) General prairie books to broaden your knowledge base.  Books are listed by title and author, if you need more information, please contact us.

       • Stories from Where We Live: The Great American Prairie.  ed. Sara St. Antoine

       • Amphibians and Reptiles in Kansas.  J.T. Collins

       • Insects in Kansas.  G.A. Salsbury and S.C. White

Resources for each Science Adventure at Konza Prairie

Grasshoppers

Science Adventure Grasshopper Inventory Home Page

Skills Page -- Description of skills students should have before their Konza Prairie field trip

Vocabulary Page -- A list of common words students may hear on their Konza Prairie field trip

Data Sheet -- Students should be familiar with the data sheet used during the Konza Prairie laboratory.

Recommended Resources

Book list

• Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States.  John L. Capinera, Ralph D. Scott and Thomas J. Walker

Internet resources

Insect Galls  --  more to come!

Science Adventure Insect Galls Home Page

Data Sheet -- Students should be familiar with the data sheet used during the Konza Prairie laboratory.

Recommended Resources

Internet resources

Plant Diversity  --  more to come!

Science Adventure Plant Diversity Home Page

Data Sheet -- Students should be familiar with the data sheet used during the Konza Prairie laboratory.

Recommended Resources

Book list

• Trees and Woody Vines in Kansas.  H.A. Stephens

• Roadside Wildflowers of the Southern Great Plains.  C.C. Freeman and E.K. Schofield

• Konza Prairie: A Tallgrass Natural History.  O.J. Reichman

• Where the Sky Began. J. Madson

Internet resources

Prairie Fires -- more to come!

Science Adventure Prairie Fire Home Page

Recommended Resources

Internet resources

Streams

Geomorphology

 

Science Adventures Stream Geomorphology Home Page

 

Vocabulary Page  -- A list of common words students may hear on their Konza Prairie field trip

 

Data Sheet -- Students should be familiar with the data sheet used during the Konza Prairie laboratory.

 

Stream Invertebrates

 

Science Adventures Stream Invertebrates Home Page

 

Skills Page -- Description of skills students should have before their Konza Prairie field trip

 

Vocabulary Page -- A list of common words students may hear on their Konza Prairie field trip

 

Data Sheet -- Students should be familiar with the data sheet used during the Konza Prairie laboratory.

 

Recommended Resources

 

Book list

• Aquatic Entomology: the Fisherman's and Ecologist's Illustrated Guide to insects and their Relatives.  W.P. McCafferty

• Rivers and Streams.  P.A. Fink Martin

 

Internet Resources