Teaching Integrated Pest Management in the Classroom—High School Curriculum

High School Lessons by Subject

• Greenhouse and Gardens
• Invasive Species
• Environment and Ecology

All High School Resources

Selected Lessons: Grades 9-10

Alignments at a glance.

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

• Johnny Appleseed Would be Proud
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• "GM"...It's Not Just a Car Anymore
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• Hooper Hunt
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• Hygiene for Horror
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Selected Lessons: Grades 11-12

Pesticide and Toxic Substance Exposure Awareness Project: Inquiry Based Curriculum Enhancements

This curriculum offers inquiry based research projects for upper level high school students. It covers a wide range of pesticides and toxic substance examples used in modern society and explores both the positive and negative attributes of these chemicals.

• Tri-fold brochure
• Curriculum Introduction
• Pesticide and toxic substance lessons and supporting materials
  • Chapter 1: Global Distillation: The Fate and Transport of Toxic Chemicals into the Artic—alignment
  • Chapter 3: Synthetic Organic Chemicals: Plastics—alignment
  • The full Pesticide and Toxic Exposure curriculum includes 7 chapters of research topics, accompanying teacher powerpoints, and classroom activities.

Selected Lessons: All High School Grades

Greenhouse IPM Lessons from Pennsylvania State University

• Greenhouse Lesson Overview
• Lesson 1: Anyone's Town
• Lesson 2: "Whatcha got there?"
• Lesson 3: How many Pests are There?
• Lesson 4: Aphids, Aphids Everywhere!
• Lesson 5: We Have What You Want!

All High School Resources

[Photo: (old world bollworm) W. Billen, Bugwood.org]