Toxic-Free Kids: Resources for Teachers & Schools
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Kids
and pesticides don't mix! We've compiled the
following list of guidelines and resources to help
you implement Integrated Pest Management
(IPM) in your school system's buildings and grounds
under the new NC School Children's Health Act, and an
IPM Curriculum Module to engage students in an
environmental investigation of their everyday school
environment. We're also available to help you in North
Carolina - drop us
a line anytime,
or call toll-free at 1-877-NO-SPRAY to
talk to our Program Coordinator and get involved.
1. Guidelines and Sample Forms for Intergated Pest Management (IPM) and Pesticide Use Notification under the NC School Children's Health Act. Under the NC School Children's Health Act, adopted by the NC General Assembly in July, 2006, public schools are now required to adopt IPM programs no later than October, 2011. Advanced notification of pesticide applications on school grounds is already required as of October, 2006. You can visit the NC General Assembly's website to see the text of The School Children's Health Act, and see below for guidelines and resources to help schools implement the new rules.
Download the entire set of IPM and notification guidelines with sample forms - Zip Archive of Word Docs (64 KB), Zip Archive of PDFs (576 KB) - or download the guidelines and forms individually:
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Indoor Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Guidelines (English only) - PDF (16 KB)
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ABC's of IPM Implementation (English only) - PDF (16 KB)
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Pesticide Use Notification Guidelines (English only) - Word Doc (28 KB), PDF (81 KB)
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Sample Forms:
- Annual Notice - Word Doc English (25 KB), Word Doc Spanish (34 KB), PDF English (80 KB), PDF Spanish (90 KB)
- Request for Notification - Word Doc English (26 KB), Word Doc Spanish (35 KB), PDF English (45 KB), PDF Spanish (62 KB)
- Notification of Use of Non-Exempt Pesticide - Word Doc English (24 KB), Word Doc Spanish (27 KB), PDF English (57 KB), PDF Spanish (64 KB)
- Notification of Emergency Use of Non-Exempt Pesticide - Word Doc English (24 KB), Word Doc Spanish (27 KB), PDF English (57 KB), PDF Spanish (64 KB)
2. Integrated
Pest Management: A module for high school science
classes.
This
curriculum module, developed by Toxic Free NC, Judy Jones
(9th grade biology, East Chapel Hill High School), and Julie
Wilson (Ph.D. candidate in education, UNC- Chapel Hill),
focuses on pest management in the environments that students
inhabit every day. This module was originally used in a ninth
grade biology classroom, and can be used in biology and environmental
science classes in middle and high school. The module includes
writing activities and opportunities for students to engage
in civic activism. >>Check
out the IPM Curriculum Module
3. Articles from the Toxic Free News Archives:
- Victory! Safer Schools for North Carolina (Toxic Free News, Summer 2006)
- Arsenic-Treated Wood: A problem that won’t decompose (Toxic Free News, Spring 2006)
- Community Activists Win Pesticide Free Durham Public Schools (Toxic Free NC News, Summer 2005)
- Children Taking Action for Environmental Health (Toxic Free News, Summer 2004)
- School IPM in Action (Toxic Free News, Winter 2004)
- Managing Pests and Protecting Kids (Toxic Free News, Fall 2003)
4.
Special Reports from Toxic Free NC
- Clean Schools, Safe Kids: Striving for Safer Pest Management in North Carolina Public Schools. By Toxic Free NC & Toxic Free NC.
- Safer Schools: Achieving a Healthy Learning Environment Through Integrated Pest Management. By the School Pesticide Reform Coalition and Beyond Pesticides.
5. Toxic Free NC's Factsheets - Complete listing
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