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IPM for Teachers Curriculum
The annual IPM for Teachers summer course is taught at Penn State University Park campusto help teachers learn IPM principles and how to incorporate IPM into their school curriculum.
The course packet, including many IPM lesson plans to use in the classroom, is available below.
Contents
E&E / IPM
- Course Overview
- Environmental & Ecology Key Concepts
- Activity - Ecological Interactions: The Food Cobweb
- Integrated Pest Management: What is it and why do we care?
- Activity - When is a Pest?
- A Short History of Pest Management
- Steps & Tactics of IPM: The Nuts and Bolts
- Six Steps of IPM
- Six Tactics of IPM
Insects
Section 1 - Understanding the Organism
Insect and Arthropod Biology and ID
- Activity - Friend or Foe? You ought to know!
- Activity - Growth by Molting
- Activity - Mouthpart Madness
- Insects and Education Resources List
Weeds
- Introduction to Weeds: What are weeds and why do we care?
- Understanding the Organism: Weed Ecology, Biology, and ID
- Activity - Weeds, Weeds Everywhere!
- Activity - Inventory and Sampling Weeds
- Activity - Buried Treasure? Weed Seed Bank
Soil Ecosystems
Biological Control
- IPM Tactic: Biological Control
- Activity - Population Growth Potential: Aphids!
- Activity - Aphids: Comparative Management Tactics
- Activity - Invisible Allies: Beneficial Nematodes
- Activity - A+B=C: Conservation of Insect Natural Enemies
Pesticides
- IPM Tactic: Chemical Control
- Activity - Lessons from Labels
- Activity - Acute Toxicity: LD50 by the Numbers
Agriculture
- IPM in Agriculture
- Activity - Interview with a Farmer
- Activity - Hopper Hunt: IPM Decision-making in Alfalfa (Developed by Ed Rajotte, PSU)
- Activity - Paper Bag Orchard (Developed by Ed Rajotte, PSU)
Natural Areas
- Background
- Activity - Purple Loosestrife: Monitoring and BioControl
- Activity - Pest Management Assessment of a Park: Balancing Multiple Needs
Buildings & Schools
- IPM in Schools
- Activity - IPM Detective: Pest Management Assessment in & Around Buildings
- Pyramid of IPM Tactics - Inside Buildings
Home & Garden
- Activity - IPM Checklist for Home Garden & Lawns
- Activity - Household Chemicals
- Activity - Home-A-Syst Checklist
Warm Bodies