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Students complete weed puzzles to learn what makes a plant a weed.

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to:

  • Define the term “weed”.
  • Explain that weeds can cause economic or environmental damage.

Curriculum Connections

Science, Living World, Levels 3-6 (details below)

Vocabulary/concepts

weed, exotic, native, invade, invasive, economic weed, environmental weed, compete, outcompete

Time

15 minutes

Materials

  • weed puzzles
  • copies of “What is a weed?”

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