DuPage County & Western suburbs – many links, newspaper articles on prairie paths.


The URL is: http://www.ipp.org/

Activities and Resources: Educational Activities

This site includes large amounts of information on Illinois prairies, restoration, and management.


The URL is: http://www.museum.state.il.us./exhibits/midewin/fr...

Prairie types, plants, landscaping, restorations.


The URL is: http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu/~kenr/tallgrass.html

Protection, greenways, advocacy, a place to find information on the Open Lands project.


The URL is: http://www.openlands.org

Prairie word search that is at a Middle School Reading Level.




The URL is: http://www.tallgrass.org/kids.html

What’s It Like Where You Live?”

the grassland biome – introductory information.


The URL is: http://mbgnet.mobot.org/sets/grasslnd/index.htm

Emphasizes natural resource issues & data pertinent to N.A Great Plains. Biological Resources link to technical papers most useful to teachers. Offers information on the prairie that can be applied to the Illinois habitat.
The URL is: http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/

Background information on the ecology and natural history of prairie organisms, tips on prairie plant and animal identification (and ecological function), and interactive learning games ("Build a Prairie"). Developed by Minnesota IDEALS.
The URL is: http://www.bellmuseum.org/distancelearning/prairie...