Interpreting

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biocontrol, integrated pest management, and noxious weed lesson plans into
existing programs by Grade level, Core Subjects, Core Skills, Core Concepts
and Core Objectives.

CORE SKILLS - Interpreting

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Leafy Spurge Activities. No Home on the Range: Play Migration Headache. The lesson plan engages students in a game to learn about the structure and functions of living things. Students will learn how invasive weeds can displace forage for migrating animals such as elk. Students will understand how noxious weeds impact habitat: water, forage, and protective cover. Radio plays to enhance learning are available at Interesting Facts.
Investigating the Senses and Acting (20 minutes)
Play Migration Headache (20 minutes)
Grades 4-8. Subjects: Science, Geography, Language Arts, Performing Arts.
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Leafy Spurge Activities. Meet the Beetles Part One - Before and After. Part Two The lesson plan engages students in identifying, drawing, and monitoring the impacts of biological weed control insects on leafy spurge. Students will learn how to make observations and demonstrate their findings. Radio plays to enhance learning are available at Interesting Facts.
Materials, Time Consideratons, Lesson Overview, Background
Biological Control of Leafy Spurge (20 minutes)
Grades 3-6. Subjects: Science, Art.
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Leafy Spurge Activities. Red-headed Stranger - Before and After. The lesson plan engages students in illustrating what they think a leafy spurge plant might look like after a biological control insect is introduced. Students will understand how biological control insect points of attack weaken the host plant. Students will learn how to make observations and demonstrate their findings. Radio plays to enhance learning are available at Interesting Facts.
Insect Life Cycles and Attack Points in Weeds (20 minutes)
Grades 3-6. Subjects: Science, Art.
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Leafy Spurge Activities. Flying Flies - Before and After.. The lesson plan engages students in interpreting, identifying, illustrating and discussing the biology of predation by insects on host plants. Students will learn life stages of insects and predation impact on host plant populations. Radio plays to enhance learning are available at Interesting Facts.
Life Stages. Tip Gall Midge Points of Attack (20 minutes)
Grades 3-6. Subjects: Science, Language Arts.
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Leafy Spurge Activities. Bug Barf - Before and After. The lesson plan engages students in drawing and demonstrating insect predation on plant parts. Students will learn the biology behind the leafy spurge hawk moth and its host plant. Radio plays to enhance learning are available at Interesting Facts.
Life States. Hawk Moth Points of Attack. (20 minutes)
Grades 3-6. Subjects: Science, Language Arts.
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Leafy Spurge Activities. Defense Systems and Medicine. Exploring Plant Chemistry. The lesson plan engages students in predicting which non-native plants today might be medicinal plants. Students will investigate the native plants used for medicine which are documented by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark along the National Lewis and Clark Historic Trail in 1805 and 1806. Lewis and Clark referenced resources are available for this activity at Explore Your World With Lewis and Clark. Radio plays to enhance learning are available at Interesting Facts.
Plant Defense Systems and Medicine. Exploring Plant Chemistry. (20 minutes)
Grades 4-8. Subjects: Science, Geography, Language Arts, Performing Arts.
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Spotted Knapweed Activities. Snout Beetles and Scientific Name. The lesson plan engages students in library research project to describe the known natural world using scientific (Latin) names. Students will learn how to interpret scientific names of noxious weeds. Radio plays to enhance learning are available at Interesting Facts.
Snout Beetles and Scientific Name (15 minutes)
Grades 4-8. Subjects: Language Arts, Science.
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Our Wetland Project Aquatic Invasive Species Activities for Ages 6-14

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Wild Wapiti - Elk Exploration Stations! Scat Investigations (45 minutes) and Oh Deer! (25 minutes)
Herbivores feed on plants. In this lesson students use their senses and observation skills to understand biological interactions where a predator feeds on its prey. Students will be define limiting factors with regard to animal populations.
Grades: All. Subjects: Science, Language Arts, Mathematics.
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Explore Your World With Lewis and Clark
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