Teaching Integrated Pest Management in the Classroom—Greenhouse and Gardens Lessons

Resources for School Greenhouses and Gardens

• Sample School Garden IPM Plan
• Checklist for School Gardens
• Resources for School Orchards
• Sample School Greenhouse IPM Plan
• Greenhouse IPM Manual with an Emphasis on Biocontrols (PA Department of Agriculture)
• Join Maine School Garden Network

Greenhouse and Garden Lessons

The following IPM lessons are connected to Greenhouses and Gardens. Scroll through the list to find lessons of interest and then find the corresponding lesson on the host website above.

• School Greenhouse Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Lessons and Operations Manual [PDF] (Univ. of MD)

Chose a Grade Level:

• Elementary School
• Middle School
• High School

Featured Lessons: Pennsylvania State Cooperative Extension Greenhouse Lessons

These lessons were written for high school students, but lesson objectives are applicable for all ages. You can modify as needed. Intended to be taught in a greenhouse.

• Greenhouse Curriculum Cover Page and Table of Contents
• Greenhouse Curriculum Introduction
• Lesson 1: Anyone’s Town (Introduction of IPM with Rachel Carson as a background and a greenhouse as the setting to practice concepts)
• Lesson 2: Whatcha Got There? (Compare pests and beneficial insects, inspect plants in greenhouse for pest damage in greenhouse, investigate and come up with solutions)
• Lesson 3: How Many Pests Are There? (Monitoring techniques to use on pests in the greenhouse)
• Lesson 4: Aphids, Aphids, Everywhere! (Exploring pest control options)
• Lesson 5: We Have What You Want! (Marketing IPM used in your greenhouse to increase market value of the commodities grown)

Pennsylvania State Pesticide, Agriculture, and Biological Control Lessons and Activities

[Photo: (flower between greenhouses) Milton Tignor, Badger.uvm.edu]