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Fiber Maine-ia 2 – Did the Vikings Visit Maine?

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Did the Vikings Visit Maine? Background
Activity: Using a Drop Spindle
Spinning Yarn with a Drop Spindle
How to Prepare Fiber with Hand Carders
Using a Niddy Noddy
Rubrics for Assessment
Maine Fiber Teaching Kit Free to Maine Teacher
Ideas for Alignment

Brief Description: It is likely that the Vikings were responsible for bringing woven cloth to the New World. Students will use a drop spindle and Niddy Noddy to spin and measure wool. Teachers may borrow a free kit with hand cards, fleece, and other items needed to teach this lesson.

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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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CAUTION: Chemicals

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Brief Description: Students will use this lesson to understand cause and effect by seeing how chemicals can spread through soil as well as endanger plants and animals. They will conduct an experiment, observe, and draw conclusions as to why chemicals should not be the first choice when it comes to controlling pests.

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Sharing the Planet

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Brief Description: Students will be able to identify some of the important roles insects play on the earth as well as identify insects that are harmful and helpful to the environment. Students will be able to graph the different types of insects and play games using a bingo board.

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What is IPM?

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Focus Areas: Pest Control; Science, Language Arts

Focus Skills: evaluating data, making generalizations, forming conclusions

 

Objective

To understand the purpose and methods of Integrated Pest Management, IPM

Essential Questions

What is IPM?

Essential Understanding

IPM is a program to reduce the use of chemicals to control pests.

Background

Because excessive use of chemicals poses an environmental threat, alternate solutions to pest control are both practical and necessary. IPM makes use of multiple tactics to control pests. These include biological, physical or mechanical, cultural, and regulatory controls. Chemical pest control is used only when less … view full description & alignments

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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