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An Introduction to the National Parks Invasive Weeds Curriculum
Background
NPS Strategies
Resources
Partners

Curriculum Overview
Textbook Edition
Online Edition
Inquiry learning - Concept Development, Planning & Prediction, Investigation, and Contributions
Using the National Parks as outdoor classrooms
Using your local community as a classroom Using Invasive Plants as an integrating context to your school's curriculum

Curriculum Site Guide

Getting Started
Introduction - Your NPS Partner
Ecosystems
Plants
Spreading the Invasion
Alien Impacts
Alien Control 
Alien Issues
Activities to Introduce the XID System and Classification
Activities to Introduce NatureMapping Skills
Citizen Scientists: Contributing Data and Affecting Change
The nationwide database

Classification and Identifying Invasive Plant Species
The XID System
NatureMapping - The capstone unit to Aliens In Your Neighborhood
The NatureMapping Program - Washington, Idaho, & Montana - Oregon
CyberTracking
GPS Mapping

Glossary & Plant Facts

Resources
Your National Parks - Websites and Resources
Internet Resources and Contacts
Technology
1. Hardware - Palm Pilots, Handheld GPS units, Digital Cameras
2. Software - National Park data CDs, XID, NatureMapping, CyperTracking

NSTA Standards (state standards available on National Parks data CDs, depending on location)

Partners

Last Updated: October, 2003