Online Prairie Data
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General References on the Website
- Prairie Flora and Fauna
- Birds - Butterflies - Frogs - Insects - Plants
- Prairie Panoramas and Close-ups
- Photos from the Fermilab Prairie taken this year
- Prairie Slides
Data Collection and Entry
- Data collection resources
- Forbs Identification Key
- Grass Identification Key
- The procedure used by students taking data at Fermilab.
- Fermilab data collection sheets
- Determining the percent cover with a Grid.
- Recording the number of plants found/percent cover on a Quadrat Data Sheet. Your teacher will make a sheet like this tailored to your prairie.
- Samples of student data taken at Fermilab.
- Guidelines on how to do percent cover.
- Data entry procedures
- Data Entry
- Quadrat Study Poster for your classroom.
- Directions for Looking at Summary Data
- Student Background on what to look for in your data.
- Excel Tutorial and Excel Steps
- ClarisWorks Tutorial and ClarisWorks Steps
- Current Studies
- Studies from Previous Years (starting in 1992)
- Tutorial for copying data from summary data to spreadsheets
- Tutorial for Using Bar Charts and 10x10 Quadrats in your Documents.
- Graphs show how prairies change through the years.
- Tutorial: Using Information from the Graphs in your Documents.
- Prairies Studies by Characteristics
- School/Group Contacts by Prairie Study
- Prairie Experts
For Non-Fermilab Prairie researchers:
- Complete step-by-step preparations for data collection and entry.
- Reviewing Quadrat Data for editing or adding any plant data.