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Teaching Integrated Pest Management in the Classroom—Middle School Curriculum
Invasive Species Lessons
The following IPM lessons include invasive species concepts.
University of Connecticut’s Integrated Pest Management Curriculum
- Friend or Foe? (biological controls, choosing them carefully; needed frequently for introduced pests)
- Alien Invaders (invasive species and biodiversity)
Pennsylvania State University Middle School Lessons
- Strife in the Wetlands (Purple loosestrife effects on biodiversity in wetlands)
- View all Pennsylvania State University Middle School Lessons
Hungry Pests
Lessons and resources – for both classroom and outdoors – that engage students in the process of discovery about invasive species.
[Photo: (purple loosestrife) John D. Byrd, Bugwood.org]