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Connecticut Elementary/Middle School IPM Curricula

Pennsylvania Elementary IPM Curricula

Additional Lessons and Teaching Resources

   

Selected Lessons: Grades K-1

Click here to view Maine and New England alignments for some Connecticut IPM lessons.  For alignments at a glance click here.

 

  • What is IPM?
lesson
  • Sharing the Planet

lesson    puzzle

  • CAUTION: Chemicals

lesson

  • People Need Plants

lesson   cards    handout

  • The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

lesson   bingo board   game cards

Link to the full CT K-1 IPM curriculum and alignments to CT standards here.  The above lessons are also aligned with the New England Common Core and National Science Standards.

 

 

 

 
 

Selected Lessons: Grades 2-3

 

For alignments at a glance click here.

  • Nibble, Sip and Grind

lesson    cards    handout    alignment

  • Pushy Plants

lesson   cards   gameboard   overhead    alignment

  • Nature’s Bug Zappers

lesson   cards    handout    overhead    alignment

  • Bug Busters

lesson    overhead1   overhead2    handout1    alignment

  • There’s a Wiser Way

lesson    IPMsong    alignment

Link to the full CT Grades 2-3 IPM curriculum and alignments to CT standards here.  The above lessons are also aligned with the New England Common Core and National Science Standards.

 

Selected Lessons: Grades 4-5

For alignments at a glance click here.

  • Everybody is Somebody’s Lunch

lesson   overhead   handout1   answerkey1  handout2   answerkey2   cards1   cards2    alignment

  • Extreme Makeover

lesson    handout    answerkey   assessment    cards    alignment

  • Presto Chango

lesson    handout1   answerkey1    handout2   handout3    answerkey3    alignment  

  • A Pest by Any Other Name

lesson   handout1   handout2   handout3   assessment  cards   alignment

  • DDT- Doing Deadly Things

lesson   handout1   handout2   handout3   handout4  cards  assessment1   assessment2    alignment

Link to the full CT Grades 4-5 IPM curriculum and alignments to CT standards here.  The above lessons are also aligned with the New England Common Core and National Science Standards.

 
 

Pennsylvania Elementary IPM Curricula

   

The following selected lessons are from Pennsylvania State University.

   

Texas Cooperative Extension Elementary Insect Curriculum

The following lessons are from Texas Cooperative Extension,  Part of the Texas A&M University System

 
  • Adaptations of Insects
 

teacher booklet    student booklet    tests    test keys

  • Check Yourself for Ticks
 

teacher booklet    student booklet

  • Creepy Crawly Cockroaches
 

teacher booklet    student booklet   evaluations

  • Fleas Among Us
 

teacher booklet    student booklet   pre-test   post-test   crossword   crossword key   placemat

  • Good Bugs and Bad Bugs
 

teacher booklet    student booklet   evaluation 1     evaluation 2   evaluation 3     evaluation 4 

crossword     crossword key   placemat

  • Mosquitoes The Deadly Pest
 

teacher booklet     student booklet    tests   crossword    crossword key    placemat

  • Spiders, Spooky or Cool?
 

teacher booklet    student booklet  pre-test   post-test   test key   placemat   certificate  

  • What's The Buzz About Bees?
 

teacher booklet    student booklet   tests   fact sheet   word find   crossword 

 

Visit the Texas Cooperative Extension Elementary Insect Curriculum Website

 
 
 
 
[Photo: (apples) Jerry A Payne, Bugwood.org]