state of maine logo with beeTeaching 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

Hungry Pests

Lessons and resources – for both classroom and outdoors – that engage students in the process of discovery about invasive species.

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[Photo: (purple loosestrife) John D. Byrd, Bugwood.org]