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National Invasive Species Information Center
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Invasive Species Resources

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Alien Invaders! Exotic Invasive Plant Activity Guide
Georgia Exotic Pest Plant Council.
This guide contains a collection of hands-on activities that are easy for teachers to use in the classroom and in the schoolyard. The curriculum is designed for kindergarten through 12th grade and most activities are tied to the Georgia Performance Standards. The guide is available to all formal and non-formal educators online at www.gaeppc.org and through workshops offered in the metro-Atlanta area. Classroom teachers, park naturalists, environmental education specialists, and others can adapt these activities to fit easily into their programs.
Educational Materials - School Curriculum

Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office. Washington Invasive Species Council.

Florida Invasive Plant Education Initiative - Teacher Resources

University of Florida. IFAS. Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants.

Provides educators with the information and resources they need to teach about the benefits of Florida's native plants and the harmful impacts that some invasive, non-native plants are having on our natural areas and neighborhoods. Includes four core modules with related lessons and accompanying materials useful in the classroom.

Stop the Invasion Fact Sheet - False Codling Moth (2015) (PDF | 4.7 MB)

California Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom.

See also: Stop the Invasion Fact Sheet Set for more resources

Stop the Invasion Fact Sheet - Oriental Fruit Fly (2015) (PDF | 2.4 MB)

California Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom.

See also: Stop the Invasion Fact Sheet Set for more resources

Stop the Invasion Fact Sheet - Varroa Mite (2015) (PDF | 655 KB)

California Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom.

See also: Stop the Invasion Fact Sheet Set for more resources

Stop the Invasion Fact Sheet Set

California Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom.

With the Stop the Invasion Fact Sheet Set, students will read about six different invasive species, the damage they cause and how to stop their spread. The accompanying lessons and activities are aligned to California Common Core and Next Generation Science Standards. This resource was funded through a Specialty Crop Block grant from the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA).

Weed Curriculum

Missoula County Weed District (Montana).

This curriculum is designed to be a supplemental curriculum for teachers who want to integrate the topic of invasive weeds into their existing courses. This curriculum will provide teachers, educators, and weed professionals with an ecologically-based invasive weed curriculum that assists students in developing awareness, knowledge and skills that will result in responsible land stewardship in the state of Montana.