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Biocontrol In Your Backyard is designed for educators to access content by
State required core and standards. The purpose is to seamlessly integrate
biocontrol, integrated pest management, and noxious weed lesson plans into
existing programs by Grade level, Core Subjects, Core Skills, Core Concepts
and Core Objectives.

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Spotted Knapweed Lesson Plan. How do noxious weeds spread? Investigate seeds and the special adaptations that seeds have to spread and grow into new plants. Students will observe a variety of seeds and examine the techniques that plants use to spread their seeds. Students will also participate in a journaling activity on Spotted Knapweed to learn the tricks this plant uses to spread quickly across the landscape.Grades 4-8. Subjects: Science, Mathematics, Language Arts.
Seed Dispersal Investigation (50 minutes)
Ode to Spotted Knapweed Poem (20 minutes)
Spotted Knapweed Seed Collection and Dissection (50 minutes)
Grades 4-8. Subjects: Language Arts, Science, Mathematics.
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Yellow Starthistle Lesson Plan. Look closely at the Yellow Starthistle -- the base of each flower is guarded by long, sharp spines that poke out in all directions. Seen from above, these spines look like the points of a star. Each spine is almost one inch long and as sharp as a sewing needle. That's starthistle's way of saying, Don't touch me! Students will take a closer look at this plant and other noxious weeds through back to back drawings. Students will also learn ore about plants and the plant life cycle through flower dissections.
Back to Back Observations (30 minutes)
Plant Life Cycle and Flower Dissection (40 minutes)
Grades 4-8. Subjects: Science, Art, Language Arts.
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Purple Loosestrife Lesson Plan. Purple loosestrife spreads rapidly through wetlands and quickly replaces native plants. Sooon nothing but loosestrife grows there. How do we control the spread of purple loose-strife? Students will examine the use of bio-controls to limit the spread of noxious weeds in a bio-control blast!
Bio-Control Blast! Discussion and Role Play (30 minutes)
Inspiring Insects - Collection and Observation (40 minutes)
Grades 4-8. Subjects: Science, Performing Arts, Language Arts.
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Leafy Spurge Activities. Snap-Crackle-Pop. Seeds in Air, on Water, on your Clothes. This lesson plan engages students in seed collection, examination, comparing, and describing seed characteristics to discuss which methods, of pathways, each seed might travel. Radio plays to enhance learning are available at Interesting Facts.
Seeds in the Air, on the Water, on your Clothes (20 minuates)
Grades K-3. Subjects: Science, Language Arts.
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Leafy Spurge Activities. Icky Stuff: Safety First With Noxious Weeds. The lesson plan engages students in plant examination to discuss which, if any, of the plant's characteristics may cause harm to humans, animals, or other plants. Radio plays to enhance learning are available at Interesting Facts.
Safety First With Noxious Weeds (20 minutes)
Grades K-3. Subjects: Science, Language Arts.
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Leafy Spurge Activities. Science Project. Cork-like and Wax-like Plant Defenses. The lesson plan engages students in a classroom lab experiment to learn mechanisms that plants use to protect their physiology. Radio plays to enhance learning are available at Interesting Facts.
Cork-Like and Wax-like Plant Defenses (20 minuates)
Grades 4-8. Subjects: Science.
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Spotted Knapweed Activities. Pineapple. The lesson plan engages students in one of several ways to identify the bracts that house the purple plumes of the spotted knapweed plant. Students learn to investigate a variety of noxious weed plant parts and reinforce an understanding by drawing and discussing spotted knapweed characteristics. Radio plays to enhance learning are available at Interesting Facts.
Plant Identification. Pineapples to Flower Plumes (15 minutes)
Grades 3-6. Subjects: Science, Language Arts.
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Spotted Knapweed Activities. Pirates and the Backcountry. The lesson plan engage students in a classroom mapping exercise to travel along a route and track horse dropping to compare how recreation along trails is relevant to weed-free policies for backcountry travel. Students will learn how seeds are spread in hay and bedding used for feed and recreation. Radio plays to enhance learning are available at Interesting Facts.
Pirates of the Backcountry (15 minutes)
Grades 3-6. Subjects: Geography, Science, Language Arts.
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Spotted Knapweed Activities. Pulling Weeds Quiz Show. The lesson plan engages students in an inquiry-based activity about early detection and citizen prevention programs. Students will learn how to identify new invading weed species. Students will learn plant life history and biology to understand why and which noxious weeds can be managed by hand-pulling, and which plants increase populations when pulled. Radio plays to enhance learning are available at Interesting Facts.
Pulling Weeds Quiz Show (20 minutes)
Grades 4-8. Subjects: Science, Language Arts.
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Explore Your World With Lewis and Clark
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