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Teaching Integrated Pest Management in the Classroom—High School Curriculum
High School Greenhouse and Garden Lessons
The following IPM lessons are connected to Greenhouses and Gardens.
NEW!! School Greenhouse Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Lessons and Operations Manual [PDF] (Univ. of MD)
Pennsylvania State Cooperative Extension Greenhouse Lessons
- 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)
Soil Arthropod Ecology Lab (Cornell University)
[Photo: (flower between greenhouses) Milton Tignor, Badger.uvm.edu]