Sagebrush Ecosystem Curriculum

This teacher’s guide contains lesson plans and other resources designed to help teachers engage their students

in thinking critically about the sagebrush sagebrush
The western United States’ sagebrush country encompasses over 175 million acres of public and private lands. The sagebrush landscape provides many benefits to our rural economies and communities, and it serves as crucial habitat for a diversity of wildlife, including the iconic greater sage-grouse and over 350 other species.

Learn more about sagebrush ecosystem and ways to support it. Lessons are aligned to the Next

Generation Science Standards and Common Core State Standards, and they contain numerous adaptations /

extensions to meet the divergent needs of students in grades 4 – 12. Care has been taken to incorporate the

perspectives of diverse stakeholders, including plant and wildlife biologists, ecologists, educators, fire

managers, indigenous peoples, and ranchers.