Background on Prairie Ecology
This site provides a short summary on the fundamental concepts of prairie ecology. This is very informative to teachers who are new to the field.
http://www.nps.gov/badl/teacher/prairie-eco.htm

Prairie Parcel Restoration
Teach your students the importance of prairie restoration by having them build their own prairie using the exercises available on this site. This site touches on all the important factors of prairie development including site selection, seeding, planting, watering, and burning.
http://ed.fnal.gov/help/prairie/Prairie_Res/index.html

Prairie Animal Printouts
Defines the prairie and addresses adaptations among prairie animals of North America. Also lists prairie animals along with background information, photographs and general anatomy.
http://www.allaboutnature.com/biomes/grassland/prairie.shtml

USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Collection of Photo Gallery
Free conservation and natural resource related images for use in classroom lessons. Over 3000 images available.
http://photogallery.nrcs.usda.gov/Index.asp

Bell Museum Prairie Learning
The University of Minnesota's Bell Museum has an interactive site to guide students through planting tallgrass and shortgrass prairies. There are also curriculum and field guides for teachers and other educators.
http://www.bellmuseum.org/distancelearning/prairie

Prairie Biome of Minnesota
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has background information on the prairies available in Minnesota as well as educational materials to develop lesson plans.
http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/biomes/prairie.html