September 2009 Konza Prairie
Environmental Education Activity
A group of K-State Education students took a field trip to Konza Prairie, where docents Dean Stramel, Mike Clarke and Dru Clarke led them on a hike up Butterfly Hill Trail. The group then heard Konza's Environmental Educator Valerie Wright and her assistant Annie Baker explain how students and educators can help them do research. The group participated in a grasshopper survey, collecting and mounting samples.
Students hike up Butterfly Hill Trail at Konza Prairie
Konza docent Dean Stramel explains the Konza Prairie ecosystem to students
Konza docent Mike Clarke shows a plant to students
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Konza Educator Valerie Wright gives students instructions for the grasshopper survey
K-State students use nets to capture specimens in the grasshopper survey
Collection jars contain grasshoppers and other things!
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Participants sort out grasshoppers from their collection jars
Valerie Wright shows students how to pin and label their collected grasshoppers
Grasshoppers are pinned, labeled and ready to identify
Students review Konza's collections to help identify their grasshoppers
Photos by Mary Hammel
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