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Wild Blueberries for ME (3-5)

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Brief Description: Wild Blueberries for ME describes the history, growing and harvesting of this important Maine crop.   After reading aloud to the class and discussing the content, students will be involved in English Language Arts and Visual Arts activities.   Activities may be written or oral, determined by grade level and skills needed.

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Wild Blueberries for ME (Pre-K-2)

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Brief Description: Wild Blueberries for ME describes the history, growing and harvesting of this important Maine crop.   After reading aloud, students will be involved in English Language Arts and Health Education activities.   

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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

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Focus Areas:  Pest Identification; Science

Focus Skills:   observing, comparing/contrasting, drawing conclusions

Objectives

  •  To identify some of the important roles insects play on the Earth
  •  To identify insects that are harmful or helpful to the environment

Essential Questions

  • How are insects important to life on Earth?
  • How are insects helpful to people?
  • How are insects harmful to people?
  • How do insects affect farmers?

Essential Understandings

  • Insects help people in many ways.
  • Insects pollinate flowers and trees, enabling plants to reproduce.
  • Many insects are garbage eaters, changing natural wastes into fertilizers.
  • Insects
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Johnny Appleseed Would Be Proud

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Brief Description: Students will be able to diagnose and develop an action plan for control of an apple disease using their resources. Apple diseases will be discussed and students will be able to use the internet, articles and pictures to identify the disease. Using Integrated Pest Management methods they will create outlines and visual aids to present to the class.

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Hygiene for Horror

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Brief Description:  Students will understand cause and effect as well as comparing and contrasting in this lesson and by the end will be able to draw conclusions. Students will learn what contributes to the spread of infectious disease and how pest management can control the spread of infectious disease.

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Bug Busters

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Brief Description: Students will research, observe, and read for information on pest control, and nature’s food chain. Using this information students will understand and recognize that bats and other natural predators help control insect population and in doing so will find a deeper understanding of nature’s food chain.

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Soil Is Not Trivial

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Brief Description:  Using facts about the Dust Bowl, students write questions and playa trivia activity focused around the establishment of a national soil conservation program and the importance of soil. Students then explore and/or develop a plan to address a local soil conservation issue.

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