Teaching Resources

Thank you so much for incorporating Limberlost into your curriculum! 

Below are links to additional materials that will enable you to complete thematic units on a variety of subjects, thereby enhancing the depth of your students' understanding and appreciation of the Limberlost State Historic Site and Gene Stratton-Porter. For a comprehensive study, include a tour of the Historic Site and attend one of our programs. We have a variety of programs from which to choose, or we can design a program to meet your needs! Contact us!

Download our free mobile app filled with Gene's favorite birds, information about Gene and Limberlost, and quotes by Gene about each bird or habitat:
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Download our free interactive iBook filled with Gene's favorite birds, information about Gene and Limberlost, and quotes by Gene about each bird or habitat:
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Gene Stratton-Porter:

Click here for worksheets and activities created by the Indiana Historical Society; grades 4 - 12.

Click here for worksheets and activities created by the Indiana State Museum; grades 3 - 5.

Click here for worksheets and activities created by Our Land, Our Literature; grades 6 - 8.


Wetlands:

Click here for worksheets and activities created by the EPA.

Click here for more information about Indiana's wetlands along with additional links.

Click here for worksheets and activities created by National Geographic; grades 3 - 5.


Wetland Ecology Lesson Plans by Wetlands Live; grades 1 - 12.

"Getting Your Feet Wet" poster about Indiana's wetlands by the Indiana DNR.

Project WET contains a number of hands-on activities about water quality and conservation; middle school.


Birds:

Click here for worksheets and activities created by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology; grades K - 12.

Click here for worksheets and activities created by Hawk Quest; grades K - 12.

Click here for worksheets and activities created by the Teacher's Guide; grades K - 2.

Click here for worksheets and activities created by Audubon; grades 3 - 5.

Project Flying WILD contains a number of hands-on activities about birds, migration and habitats; middle school.


Insects:

Click here for worksheets and activities created by the Lepidopterists Society; grades K - 12.

Click here for worksheets and activities created by Audubon; grades 3 - 5.


Frogs:

Click here for worksheets and activities created by Scholastic; grades K - 2.

Click here for a Frog Unit Study created by Evelyn Saenz.

Click here for a virtual frog dissection.


Mammals:

"The Nature of Teaching: Common Indiana Mammals" from Purdue.

List of Mammals in Indiana by the DNR.

Project WILD contains a number of hands-on activities about wildlife-focused conservation; grades K - 12.


Plants:

Indiana's Aquatic Plants by Indiana University.

Project Learning Tree contains a number of hands-on activities about trees and the environment; middle school.

Other helpful links:
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pbskids.org/scigirls
scigirlsconnect.org
The Connectory
ngcproject.org
celebrateurbanbirds.org
aza.org/frogwatch
learner.org/jnorth
migratorydragonflypartnership.org
mlmp.org
nn.usanpn.org
scool.larc.nasa.gov
schoolofants.org
greatsunflower.org
lostladybug.org
zooniverse.org