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Arkansas Natural History - Lesson Plans
The Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission (ANHC) offers a wide variety of resources for educators, such as ecosystem lesson plans, habitat lesson plans, and endangered species lesson plans. These materials were developed in coordination with classroom teachers and other education professionals to integrate Arkansas-specific information across the curriculum. All materials listed below are free and available for downloading as PDF files.
- Natural Diversity in Arkansas - A Curriculum Guide:
Twenty-eight activity guides for grades k-12 presented in 5 units with a glossary. Each activity is correlated to National Science Standards and Arkansas Science Curriculum Frameworks. - Arkansas Natural History - Lesson Plans:
Twelve lessons plans for upper elementary and middle school grades (5-8) written and developed in conjunction with the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies, Central Arkansas Library System. - Natural Divisions in Arkansas - A Classroom Guide:
A rare, out-of-print booklet originally printed by the Arkansas Ecology Center in 1978; written by ANHC chief of research Tom Foti, this guide remains the standard for teaching about Arkansas’s six natural divisions. - Louisiana Purchase Natural History Materials:
Two lesson plans that 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.
