Prairie Presentation
Kori Siebert
prai·rie
/ˈprerē/
noun
noun: prairie; plural noun: prairies; noun: Prairie; plural noun: Prairies
1.a large open area of grassland, especially in the Mississippi River valley.
synonyms:plains, grasslands
"homesteaders were allotted substantial acreage on the prairie"
One of the largest protected Prairies and Grasslands is the Badlands National Park. It is a mixed-grass prairie and there are over 400 different plant species.
Connecting to the prairie
When Jim lived with his grandparents it was a different time and way of doing things. We no longer have to struggle through harsh weather on farms as they used too. You might still have to have a few jobs to make sure everything is ready for the different weather, but its not to the extreme because of technology we have today."We were talking about what it was like to spend ones childhood in little towns like these, buried in what and corn, under stimulating extremes of climate:.....blustery winters with little snow, when the whole country is tripped bare and grey as sheet-iron"
I think it's fantastic the experience of looking for plants and discovering new things outside of our regular school life.
Resources
Picture - http://prairieplains.org/marie_ratzlaff_prairie_preserve_gallery.htm
Prairie Plains Resource Institute; Marie Ratzalaff Prairie Preserve; November 12, 2014
http://naturalsciences.org/prairie-ridge-ecostation
North Carolina Museum of Natural Science, Prairie Ridge Ecostation
http://www.midwestprairies.com/Pages/prairies.aspx
Midwest Prairies - About Prairies
http://www.tarleton.edu/Departments/range/Grasslands/Tallgrass%20Prarie/tallgrassprairie.html
Grassland Slides, Tallgrass prairie
Facts on Prairies - http://www.nps.gov/badl/naturescience/prairies.htm
National Parks Service, Prairies and Grasslands, U.S. Department of the Interior. November 12, 2014 United States. National Park Service
YouTube video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pDQYHNdOE0
YouTube, Grasslands and Prairies: Ecogeeks Episode 2; November 12, 2014
Quote - My Antonia page 1 by Wila Cather