Educational Resources
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
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.