Integrated Pest Management: Menu of Activities and Resources
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Design:
We present the module as a menu with the following courses:
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The appetizer is an introduction to Integrated Pest Management.
- Entrees focus on pest control practices in the students’ own environments.
- Side Dishes provide content enrichment to complement the entrees.
- Desserts allow students to make action plans or conduct further research.
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A P P E T I Z E R |
Introduction to Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
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E N T R E E S |
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Pesticides and Human Health 1. Drawing Pesticide Exposure Activity 2. Food Coloring Environmental Exposure Demonstration Other ideas: Toxicology & Epidemiology - look for current research on pesticides & human health |
Pesticides and our Ecosystem 1. Louisiana Public Broadcasting: The Aggravation of Accumulation 2. National Geographic: Alarming Frogs |
Biology of Pest Species Choose lessons on pest insect or plant anatomy and/or population ecology that are appropriate to curriculum goals and grade level. Ideas to focus on: Natural Selection & Resisitance, Population Biology |
Politics of Pesticides and Pest Management 1. Who Makes Decisions about Pesticides? 2. Iowa State University: IPM, Pesticides and Regulations, A Lesson Plan |
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One Teacher’s Module:
Judy Jones created the following one-week module in her 9th grade biology class. (Note: There was a break to other curriculum activities for a week and a half between the introductory lesson and research assignments, and the rest of the module.)
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Appetizer: Guest speaker – Billie Karel from Toxic Free NC (www.toxicfreenc.org) talked with students about Integrated Pest Management and how they could influence school system decision making about pest management.
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Entrée: Pests and Pest Control in Local Institutions – Each group of 3-4 students researched and presented a PowerPoint presentation on a pest, a pesticide, and an institution.
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Side Dishes: Environmental Health & Pesticides – The Food Coloring Environmental Exposure demonstration and information about cholinesterase inhibition by organophosphate pesticides were included in the introductory lesson by the guest speaker.
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Dessert: Community Activism – Students wrote letters to their district school board to share information about IPM and suggest adoption of an IPM policy.