Montana Rangelands Lesson Plans

Getting to Know the Pieces

• Montana Rangelands Poster
• Montana Rangelands Poster: Vocabulary List

Lesson Plans

• Recommended Reading List for Rangelands Project! (Grades K-5)
• A Slice of Soil! (Grades 4-6)
  Montana Content Standards: Science 3, 4; Math 1, 2
• Rangelands Mystery Box: Observe, Classify, and Recall! (Grades 2-6)
  Montana Content Standards: Science 3, 5; Social Studies 3
• Montana's Rangeland Grasses Discovery Kit and Lesson! (Grades 4-6)
  Montana Content Standards: Science 3; Benchmarks 1 and 3A
• Bison, Grazing, and the Great Plains (Grades 4-6)
  Montana Content Standards: Communication Arts Reading 2; Social Studies 3, 4; IEFA Essential Understanding 4
• Montana Fact Fun Quiz! Test your knowledge about Montana:
  • Quiz
  • Answer key
• NRCS: At Work on the Range
  A student workbook about rangelands.
• NRCS: Soil is Alive
  A student workbook all about soils.
• NRCS: I Dig Dirt!
  A student workbook about plants, soils, erosion, and more!
• The Scoop on Soil! Educational games and puzzles about soils
  From USDA, NRCS and University of Illinois Extension
• Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative Lesson Plans, based on the book "Amazing Grazing" (Grades K-12)