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Prairie Roadshow, Tallgrass Prairie Center
Prairie Roadshow, Tallgrass Prairie Center
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Students turn a school hallway into a prairie roadside, while learning about the important services provided by prairie roots.
Routes For Infiltration, Tallgrass Prairie Center
Routes For Infiltration, Tallgrass Prairie Center
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Students become a carbon atom and experience the movements of carbon through the environment, including its time sequestered in prairie roots.
Roots - Why So Fine?, Tallgrass Prairie Center
Roots - Why So Fine?, Tallgrass Prairie Center
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Using root models made of commonly available materials, students explore how the size of roots affects their ability to exchange materials with soil.
Battleship Roots, Tallgrass Prairie Center
Battleship Roots, Tallgrass Prairie Center
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Pairs of students play a battleship-style game to show how roots explore the soil to obtain resources.
Root Community, Tallgrass Prairie Center
Root Community, Tallgrass Prairie Center
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Pairs of students play a battleship-style game to show how roots explore the soil to obtain resources.
Root Kerplunk, Tallgrass Prairie Center
Root Kerplunk, Tallgrass Prairie Center
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With the help of jumps ropes and nerf balls, students explore two ecosystem services provided by prairie roots: nutrient reduction and invasive weed control.
Muddy Waters, Tallgrass Prairie Center
Muddy Waters, Tallgrass Prairie Center
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With the help of jumps ropes and nerf balls, students explore two ecosystem services provided by prairie roots: nutrient reduction and invasive weed control.
Incredible Carbon Journey, Tallgrass Prairie Center
Incredible Carbon Journey, Tallgrass Prairie Center
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Students become a carbon atom and experience the movements of carbon through the environment, including its time sequestered in prairie roots.
School Of Roots, Tallgrass Prairie Center
School Of Roots, Tallgrass Prairie Center
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Students learn about ecosystem services provided by prairie roots by matching them to services provided by various components of a school.