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- 9th - 12th
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Students observe insects in the home and landscape, identify helpful and harmful insects, and distinguish between definitions of pest, predator, prey, host, parasite, parasitoid and pathogen. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students examine the effects of pests on other organisms, crops, and the environment. they construct an insect observation chamber and discover how some insects can be pests in some situations and beneficial in others. They write "pest poems." Full Review »
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- 12th
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Students study the characteristics of selected tree species. They identify and research common tree pests and create a pamphlet or brochure. Full Review »
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- 4th - 5th
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Students examine an industrial disaster in India which affected the food for generations to come. In groups, they research the history of pesticides and place them into groups based on the type of pests they control. They partcipate in a game in which they determine what might happen to different foods when pesticides are placed on them. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students identify the various noxious weeds in a practical setting. They examine the concept of how noxious weed infestations are affected by various conditions. They apply knowledge obtained from the field study to apply an economical noxious weed control program. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students discuss what they know about pests and include suggestions that might be placed on wanted posters including aliases, warnings, rewards, etc. They break into groups and research a pest to study and read their descriptions aloud to the class and then complete the wanted poster using their information. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - Higher Ed
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Students recognize the social, cultural, economic and environmental significance of forests. They develop timeline of activities and developments in the boreal forest since the end of the last period of glaciation. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 11th - 12th
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Students research a specific forest pest and create a poster and oral presentation to share with other students in the class. They present information on identification, pathology, transmission/dispersal, life cycle, management, and extent of economic damage. Full Review »
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- 5th - 7th
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Students describe the steps in integrated pest management focusing on methods with the least toxicity. They create brochures of the six steps complete with drawings and explanations. In groups, students design a bulletin board of the six steps. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 2nd - 3rd
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Students work in groups to brainstorm the different types of pets they might have at home. Students then describe the practices used by their families to control disease in their house. Students research and animal and create a mural in which they show the proper habitat, good health practices and photographs or drawings of the animal. Full Review »

