Elementary Urban IPM Curriculum

Exploring Urban Integrated Pest Managment:
Activities and Resources for Teaching K-6

After one year of work, development, and testing, our Elementary school IPM curriculum developed by Erica Jenkins is now available. This resource provides the opportunity for K-6 educators in formal and informal settings to use IPM as the real-world theme in which to engage in scientific and interdisciplinary learning. The resource provides teachers with background information, hands-on activities, worksheets and resources to help teachers engage the students in real-world learning. There are many ways to use this resource in the classroom. While some of the lessons build on previous learning, most of the lessons can stand-alone. IPM can be used as a theme in the classroom for a whole year or individual activities can be selected as enrichment to regular classroom activities. For example, inspection and monitoring activities can be done weekly, monthly or as often as desired to provide continuity throughout the year and show how things change over time.

The following publication is available in PDF format. Because of the large size of the entire document, it is available by section. You can download and read these with Adobe's Acrobat Reader. You may need to download and install a newer version. A limited number of hard copies are avaible. Requests can be made to Carolyn Randall at randallc@msu.edu

For additional internet resources, please see:
http://www.pested.msu.edu/CommunitySchoolIpm/curriculumlinks.htm

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Title		File size
Whole document (76 pages)		1.973 MB
Spine, cover and insert		181 KB
Cover and acknowledgements		250 KB
Table of contents		71 KB
Introduction		173 KB
	Links for additional resources (html)
IPM Teacher Fact Sheet		287 KB
#1: Friend or Foe?		230 KB
	Links for additional resources (html)
#2: Create an animal		230 KB
#3: What is IPM?		256 KB
	Links for additional resources (html)
#4: In search of life		231 KB
#5: Interviewing		214 KB
#6: Wanted dead or alive		515 KB
	Links for additional resources(html)
#7: Inspecting the school		253 KB
#8: May I take your order?		182 KB
#9: Preferred destinations		197 KB
Rodent teacher fact sheet		280 KB
#10: All about rodents		431 KB
	Links for additional resources(html)
Classroom experiments with mice		313 KB
#11: Biological control		456 KB
	Predator, parasite or pathogen quiz (in color)	136 KB
	Quiz in PowerPoint
	Links for additional resources (html)
Insect teacher fact sheet		129 KB
#12: All about insects		268 KB
	Links for additional resources (html)