An extensive web site with information about Laura Ingalls Wilder's pioneer life on the American prairie. Includes classroom activities for students and teachers, a researcher's corner, writing contests, listserv and chat forums, and additional web links. Back to Top Click on any of the vocabulary words below to hear them pronounced and used in a sentence. Grazing bison and prairie fires help to maximize the biodiversity of prairie plants and animals. A grasshopper's color serves as camouflage and allows the insect to go undetected by predators.
Prairie fires help stop the incursion of brush and trees onto the prairie.
Active at night. Present at all seasons of the year. Because of their very dry conditions, the Russian grasslands are more like a savanna than a prairie. Vocabulary Quiz Whiz Create a variety of interesting quizzes to test your students' word power. Puzzlemaker Send your students home with word searches, crossword puzzles and more.