Choose your weapon
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Students investigate and choose a biocontrol agent for a fictitious weed.
Learning Objectives
Students will be able to:
- Explain how scientists find potential biocontrol agents.
- List 4 criteria for choosing biocontrol agents.
- Explain why careful selection of biocontrol agents is important.
Suggested prior lessons
Curriculum Connections
Science, levels 2-6
Vocabulary/Concepts
Biocontrol, biological control, biocontrol agent, ecology, organism, family, genus, parasitic, endangered, endemic, native
Time
1 – 1 ½ hours
Materials
- copies of The Scenario, Rules for Selecting Biocontrol Agents, Biocontrol agent clue cards, and Choose Your Weapon record sheet
- Video — Heather Beetle: a born killer
Downloadable content & links
- pdf Choose your weapon: Lesson plan pdf File, 136 KB
- pdf Choose your weapon: Crossword pdf File, 112 KB
- pdf Choose your weapon: Multiplying munchers pdf File, 78 KB