Teaching Integrated Pest Management in the Classroom—High School Curriculum

Environment and Ecology Lessons

The following IPM lessons are based on environmental and ecology concepts. Most lessons are in PDF form.

Pennsylvania State University High School Integrated Pest Management Lessons

• Biopotential of the common lawn pest Taraxacum officinale (plant sampling, biopotential)
• Determining Carrying Capacity: How Many Codling Moths Can an Apple Orchard Support? (population dynamics and carrying capacity)
• Estimating Pest Population Size: The Capture, Mark, and Recapture Method (sampling method used to monitor wildlife populations)
• Food Chains from the Field: Whoo’s for dinner? (Explore food chains and trophic levels through Owl pellets)
• View all Pennsylvania State University High School IPM Lessons here

Iowa State University IPM Pilot Program

• Pesticide Use: Environmental Awareness and Impact of Conservation Organizations (Pesticide impacts on the environment)
• View all Iowa State University IPM lessons here

Cornell University, New York State Integrated Pest Management Program: Teaching IPM

Browse the list below to find lessons of interest and then find the corresponding lesson on the host website above.

• Green Science: Composting for Better Soil (Teach students all about composting and start your own composting project at your school)

Pesticide and Toxic Substance Exposure Awareness Project

• Tri-fold brochure
• Curriculum Introduction
• Pesticide and toxic substance lessons and supporting materials

The full Pesticide and Toxic Exposure curriculum includes 7 chapters of research topics, accompanying teacher powerpoints, and classroom activities.

[Photo: (hardwood stand) Brian Lockhart, Bugwood.org]