Particles and Prairies Program and Kit are no longer available.
The Teacher's Guide Sampler is available for former teachers.

Particles and Prairies has been replaced by Energy and Ecosystems.
Teachers who have taken Particles and Prairies are eligible for the Energy and Ecosystems field trips.

This Table of Contents is from the 2001 Particles and Prairies Sampler. See the 2006 Sampler

Table of Contents

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Activities: Invertebrates - Fermilab Quadrat Study - Prairie - School Quardat Study - Baked Potato

  • Introduction
  • Teaching Suggestions
    • Philosophy
    • Teaching Strategies
    • Unit Sequence
  • Planning Your Fermilab On-Site Visit
    • General Information
    • Research Teams
    • On-Site Lab and Observation Experiences
    • Activities - Late Spring, Summer, Fall
    • Activities - Winter, Early Spring
    • Fermilab Site Map
    • Audiovisual Resources
  • Evaluation
  • Process Skills
  • Interdisciplinary Connestions
  • Supervisory Suggestion for Fermilab Trip
  • State Goals
  • Previsit Activities
    • What is a Prairie?
    • What is a Prairie? Student Priorities
    • Science Journal
    • Peanut Search
    • Sustained Writing
    • Candle Eating
    • Calico Beans
    • Research Component
    • Prairie Rap
    • Missing Link
    • Estimating Percentages
    • Quadrat Study: School Lawn
    • Meaure Up
    • What's the Weather?
    • Prairie Collage - The Illinois Connection
    • Fermilab Prairie (Past, Present, Future)
    • Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich
    • Blindman's Drawing
    • Homes for Birds
  • Previsit/On-Site Activities
  • On-Site Activities
    • Abiotic Study: Prairie and Forest
    • Herbarium Specimen Collection
    • Nature Walk
    • Fire Ecologies
    • Water: Quality and Diversity
    • Microhabitat: Life in a Log
    • Prairie Insects
    • The Twig Tale
  • Postvisit Activities
    • Baked Potato Invertebrate Trap
    • Thinking Environmentally
    • Prairie Plantings
    • Seed Dispersal
    • Comparison of Data
    • Soil Structure
    • Real Estate Ad - How to Sell a Prairie
    • Monarch Mini-Unit
  • Glossary
    • Aquatic Diversity
    • Aquatic Invertebrates
    • Nature Walk and Prairie Insects
    • Terrestrial Invertebrates
    • Animal Tracks
  • Slide List
  • Transparencies
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Last Update: March 6, 2001
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