Regions: Meet the Experts

Student Pages

 

 Description

 Presentation

Scenario

 

Links to other "Meet the Experts" student pages.

 Forests

 Mountains

 Deserts

 

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Beginning Links for Plains Project

 

General Information, threatened and endangered species, environmental issues, climate and weather, agriculture, , people, and literature


General Information - Background information on the plains from Chapter 8 in Geography USA: A Virtual Textbook by Alan A. Lew, Ph.D., AICP.

The Great Plains - Physical description of Great Plains

Prairie - Detailed description of the "Tallgrass Prairie in Illinois" by Kenneth R. Robertson, Illinois Natural History Survey.

Threatened and Endangered Species - Regional information about threatened and endanged species, including plants and animals.

Animals - An alphabetical list of threatened and endangered animals.

Bison - "The Great American Survivor"

Prairie Dog - learn about different kinds of prairie dogs.

"The Importance Of Little Towns On The Prairie"

"Gunnison Prairie Dog"

"Black-Tailed Prairie Dog"

"Prairie Dog FAQ"

Plants - An alphabetical list of threatened and endangered plants.

Environmental Issues - The Environmental Protection Agency's list of major environmental problems.

Climate and Weather - links to all kinds of world wide weather and climate data.

Weather Channel - Check the weather in any state.

Violent Weather - Learn about hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, blizzards, droughts, earthquakes, volcanoes, thunderstorms, lighting, and storms.

Tornadoes - Current tornado information.

More tornadoes - What is a tornado?

Agriculture - Scan upwards to find World Wide Web Sites of Interest to Agriculture

Corn Belt - map shows the spatial pattern of corn and how cities related to corn production.

Where is Corn Grown? - Show where corn in grown in the United States.

Wheat - Everything you wanted to know about wheat.

Wheat Facts

Australia - wheat growing regions

Production

States

Nations

People

Way of Life - Great Plains citizens talk about ecosystems.

Outside Schools

Iowa (yet to be established)

North Dakota (yet to be established)

Florida (yet to be established)

Australia (yet to be established)

Literature

Book Reports - Examples of ways to report on books.

Poetry - Publishing locations

Wilder - Everything you wanted to know about Laura Ingalls Wilder and questions you can ask.

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Authors: Karen Evans, Marge Giefer, Diane Graham, Patty Taylor. Created: 5/96 Updated: 12/96. Created for The Fermilab LInC sponsored by Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Education Office , and Friends of Fermilab and the Illinois State Board of Education. URL:http://www-ed.fnal.gov/linc/fall96/projects/pjtay/intro.htm

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