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Students Take Action Against Invasive Species

Using hands-on exploration and media as an educational tool in schools

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Invasive Species: You’re Not Welcome Here!

Guide your third through fifth grade students through interactive activities about invasive species

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Surveying Garlic Mustard

Studying urban invasives in an area close to home over several weeks, encourages high school students to make personal connections with the problem

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Around the World: The Invasive Species Challenge

This engaging outdoor activity uses different colored balls to explain the spread of invasive species, while encouraging problem-solving and team-building skills

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Plant Wars: Invaders of the Lost Park

An unlikely partnership between a high school drama class and park interpreters sparked a unique and effective invasive species education program

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Tackling Invasive Species Using Citizen Science

An online network of thousands of students and teachers can extend scientist's otherwise limited research and monitoring efforts

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Sun Block

In this active game, students emulate the transfer of food energy in a lake habitat in order to compare a healthy habitat and one disrupted by an invasive plant species.
Adapted with permission from "Making Waves! Protecting Ontario's Aquatic Habitats from Invading Species"

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Something’s Choking Auntie Elm

In this activity, students learn about several exotic species in North America and gather information to determine their impact on the environment.
Adapted with permission from "Noxious Neighbours: Exotics in Our Backyard", Centre for Environmental Education, Middle Tennessee State University

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A Date with Freddie Kudza

In this highly interactive physical activity, students learn about the characteristics of invasive exotic pest plants by becoming exotic pests themselves!

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Exotic Invasive Species: The Guests That Won’t Go Home

In the continental United States, approximately 6-8 percent of species are introduced exotics. Many are not harmful, but those that are pose a serious threat to biodiversity on this continent.

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