Grassland Educational Materials & Curriculum

From the University of Nebraska Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, by Cheryl Dunn. Includes standardized lesson plans, presentations, and activities customizable to K-12 age ranges.

Essays, photos, and discussion about prairie ecology, restoration, and management

Discover the Nebraska Sandhills, an iconic region of the Central Great Plains and home to the Switzer family. This unique area, spanning 20,000 square miles of grass-stabilized sand dunes—the largest in North America—offers rich opportunities for students to explore geography, ecology, and the connection between land and community. By Platte Basin Timelapse.

Discover the Nebraska Sandhills, an iconic region of the Central Great Plains and home to the Switzer family. This unique area, spanning 20,000 square miles of grass-stabilized sand dunes—the largest in North America—offers rich opportunities for students to explore geography, ecology, and the connection between land and community.

STEM-based curricula to help students explore the Platte Basin. Browse resources to teach your students about our land and water, by Platte Basin Timelapse.

Big Gumdrop Outdoors (BGO) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in Lincoln, Nebraska, dedicated to empowering urban youth through education and outdoor exploration.

Nebraska Game & Parks’ Wildlife Education Trunks are free, two-week loan kits that give educators hands-on tools for teaching about wildlife. The **Prairie Trunk**, available in Lincoln, Norfolk, and Scottsbluff, helps students explore Nebraska’s grasslands through animal skulls, furs, puppets, books, and activity guides covering prairie species, ecosystems, and food webs.

Engage the Range is a project-based learning unit that can be used to teach students about the history, significance, and threats facing United States rangelands so that they may explore and better understand sustainable solutions and green careers.

Grades 9-12, including resource guide, teacher guide, rancher guide and in-person or virtual field trip guides.