Teaching Integrated Pest Management in the Classroom—High School Curriculum

High School Resources

Find lessons for:

• Greenhouses and Gardens
• Invasive Species
• Environment and Ecology
  

More IPM Curricula

• Pennsylvania State University High School Integrated Pest Management Resource
  Includes lessons, references, and activities on IPM for high school students.
• University of Kentucky Entomology for Kids
  Six general lessons on insect investigations that can be adapted for elementary to high school students. Other entomology resources and activities also listed.
• Beetle Busters: Help Stop the Asian Longhorned Beetle
  Teach students to become responsible citizens in their community by learning how to monitor and prevent the Asian Longhorned Beetle. Free Beetle Busters kits from the USDA for upper elementary, middle school and high school students.
• Soil Arthropod Ecology (Cornell University: lessons, activities, handbook, and claymation videos)

Other IPM Related Projects, Games and Activities

• The Lost Lady Bug Project
  Get your kids involved in The Lost Lady Bug Project! The focus of this project is to track lady bug species abundance and distribution as some native species become increasingly rare. You can help by taking your kids outdoors, searching for lady bugs and documenting where and when you found them. Includes K-6 curriculum, references and interactive games for students.
• Bug Scope Project
  Sign up for a free interactive session with a scanning electron microscope to explore the microscopic world of insects.

Background References

Additional background information on integrated pest management, how it is applied and other IPM related reference resources.

• IPM Institute of North America
• Northeastern IPM Center
• EPA Teaching Center
• EPA Integrated Pest Management in Schools
• Bugwood.org
  Thousands of IPM and insect images from the Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health at the University of Georgia. Free to use for educational purposes.