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Teaching Integrated Pest Management in the Classroom—Elementary School Curriculum
Invasive Species Lessons
The following IPM lessons include invasive species concepts.
University of Connecticut’s Integrated Pest Management Curriculum
- Pushy Plants (living things depend on plants, some plants are considered invasive)
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- “I” is for Invasive (native vs invasive plants and invasive impacts)
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- Butterflies, Mealworms and Beetlemania (metamorphosis, butterflies and mealworms, connections to using beetles as biological control agent for purple loosestrife)
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- The Solution, or Part of the Problem? (dangers of indiscriminate biological control use)
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Pennsylvania State University Elementary Integrated Pest Management Lessons
Browse the list below to find lessons of interest and then find the corresponding lesson on the host website above.
- Invasion of the Habitat Snatchers! (invasive plants, how to control them, Japanese knotweed)
Beetle Busters: Help Stop the Asian Longhorned Beetle
Teach students to become responsible citizens in their community by learning how to monitor and prevent the invasive species Asian Longhorned Beetle. Free Beetle Busters kits from the USDA for upper elementary, middle school and high school students.