Tools for Teaching
The Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission offers a wide variety of educational resources, such as lesson plans as well as a classroom guide to Arkansas natural history and more!
Lesson Plans
Arkansas natural history lesson plans
Twelve lessons plans for upper elementary and middle school grades written and developed in conjunction with the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies, Central Arkansas Library System.
Louisiana Purchase natural history lesson plans
Two lesson plans that were developed as part of the 2003 Bicentennial Celebration of the Louisiana Purchase. One focuses on extinct animals that the surveyors would have seen and the other highlights wetlands and headwater swamps.
Natural diversity in Arkansas - a curriculum guide
Twenty-eight activity guides for grades K-12 presented in five units with a glossary. Each activity is correlated to National Science Standards and Arkansas Science Curriculum Frameworks.
Natural Divisions of Arkansas
The Natural Divisions of Arkansas - a classroom guide
An updated and expanded third printing of one the cornerstones of Arkansas natural history education. In addition to original text and illustrations, this edition includes a glossary, website resources, and correlations to state curriculum frameworks, along with information about the six natural communities from the ANHC poster series.
Student Activity Sheets
Bats
Bat anatomy handout Bat coloring page Bat connect-the-dots Bat word search
Box turtles
Box turtle book list Box turtle crossword puzzle Box turtle word search "T" is for turtle
Three-toed box turtle coloring sheet
Otters
Otter coloring sheet Otter maze
Natural Divisions
Natural Divisions coloring sheets
Tarantulas
Student tarantula activity guide Tarantula anatomy (labeled)
Tarantula anatomy (unlabeled) Tarantula burrow coloring sheet
Texas brown tarantula coloring sheet
Woodpeckers
Woodpecker maze Woodpecker word search
Want to take your classroom outside? Get some great ideas here: Outdoor Classroom Topics and Tools.
Don't forget to visit the our Image Gallery for photos of natural areas and rare plants and animals.