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Below are the different Lesson Plan topics.  Click on the Topic Name or one of the images to learn learn more about the available lessons plans under that category.
This page provides two ways to find lesson plans
(1) A graphic Table of Contents, categorized into types of lessons (e.g. multimedia, gathering information, hands-on, etc.)
(2) Below the graphic Table of Contents is an Index of Lessons, currently indexed by target grade level(s).
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I. Life Science Lesson Plans

II. Invasive Species Lesson Plans
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A. Ecosystem/Plant Based

B. Multimedia/Creative Projects

C. Invasive Species Food Web Analysis

D. Invasive or Not?

​E. Gathering Information on Invasive Species

​F. Hands on Invasive Species Research

                    New lesson plan ideas are welcome and will be uploaded as they are received and approved.
Instructions for submitting lesson plans:
                            About invasive species,
                            About science and science careers
For information about submitting new lesson plans, please contact jchadde(at)mtu.edu

INDEX of Lesson Plans, with titles, in order of target grade level
grade of lesson   first name           last name         title and hyperlink to lesson Click on the lesson title to go to the lesson
K - 5                          Shari                       Fresorger        Let Me Tell You About Plants! 
4                                 Sara                         Forbing             Preventing the Spread of Invasive Species in Michigan Through Infomercials!
4                                 Sara                         Forbing             Invasive Species Have Feelings, Too?
1 - 5                          Dawn                      Michalak          Preventing the Spread of Invasive Species in Michigan 
3 - 12                       Jessica                    WagonmakerProtecting our Waterways Design Challenge: Silver Carp
3 - 12                       Jessica                    Vander Ark    Protecting our Waterways Design Challenge: Silver Carp
3 - 12                       Jessica                     WagonmakerProtecting our Waterways Design Challenge: Zebra Mussels​
3 - 12                       Jessica                     Vander Ark     Protecting our Waterways Design Challenge: Zebra Mussels​
5                                 Sonya                        Brown               What is an Ecosystem?
5                                  Maria                        Siciliano           Exploring Water Garden Ecosystems 
5                                  Robin                        Crawford        Food Chains and Food Webs
5                                  Connie                     Atkisson          It's Time for a Water Check-Up--You be the Doctor
5                                  Maria                        Siciliano           Invasive Species Multimedia Educational Outreach Project
5                                  Karl                            Hartwig            Invasive Species: Upsetting the Balance
5                                  Sarah                         Johnson           What are Invasive Species?
5                                  Tina                             Williams          Are Mussels on a Zebra Dangerous?
5                                  Heidi                          Trepkowski     Researching Invasive Species​ 
5                                  Sarah                          Johnson            Invasive Species Research to Create Awareness
5                                  Shari                            Fresorger        Preventing the Spread of Invasive Species in Michigan
5 & 6                         Jeffrey                        Ram                     Invasive Species Card Game. 
5 & 6                         Nicole                          Samuel              Invading the Invaders: Impacts of Zebra and Quagga Mussels
5 - 8                           Jeffrey                         Ram                    Creating stories for science or engineering videos
5 - 8                           Kisha                            McKee               Invasive Species:  Good or Bad?
6 - 8                           Erica                             Sprague             Great Lakes Food Webs: Impacts of Invasive Species on Lake Huron Food Web
6 - 8                           Erica                              Sprague             Earthworm Invaders
6 -8                            Erica                              Sprague             Asian Carp: Non-Native or Invasive?
6 - 8                           Erica                              Sprague             Pollinator vs Invasive Species
6 - 12                        Bill                                  Hodges               Lake Michigan Food Web and Sea Lamprey
6 - 12                         Vlad                              Borza                   Preventing the Spread of Invasive Species in Michigan
7 - 8                            William                       Smith                   Why are Invasive Species Successful? An Investigation
9-12                           Stephen                      Atwood              Preventing the Spread of Invasive Species in Michigan

​Lesson plan ideas from other web sites:
From Pennsylvania Sea Grant:  10 lesson plans about interactions of invasive species, biodiversity, and climate change
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​Creation of the above page of educational resources was funded in part by the Michigan Invasive Species Grant Program through the Departments of Natural Resources, Environmental Quality, and Agricultural and Rural Development.  

​This material is also based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 1614187.
​Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.


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