Elementary Lesson Plans & Curriculum

Lesson plans developed by educators, the Pennsylvania Department of Education, PA IPM, and Penn State.

Spiders Are Special (1st) - By Kathy Kelchner, Frances Slocum State Park, Nescopeck, PA

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Food Chains Are Not a Necklace! (2nd) - By Bonnie Flurie, Susquehanna Elementary, McAlisterville, PA

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Give the Heave-Ho to Head Lice (2nd) - By Bonnie Flurie, Susquehanna Elementary, McAlisterville, PA

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Life Cycles: A Never-Ending Story (2nd) - By Bonnie Flurie, Susquehanna Elementary, McAlisterville, PA

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Red Means Danger (2nd-3rd) - By Ron Wanner, Warwick School District, Akron, PA

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Arthropod Key (2nd-4th) - By Dawn Lawless, King's Highway Elementary, Coatesville, PA

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Organic/Regenerative Farming vs. Conventional Farming (2nd-4th) - By Dawn Lawless, King's Highway Elementary, Coatesville, PA

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What's Hiding in Your Home Cabinets? (2nd-4th) - By Dawn Lawless, King's Highway Elementary, Coatesville, PA

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How to Control This Pest? (2nd-5th) - By Dawn Lawless, King's Highway Elementary, Coatesville, PA

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Create a Soil Aggregate (2nd-7th) - By Dawn Lawless, King's Highway Elementary, Coatesville, PA

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Bug Time (3rd & secondary coop.) - By Jodie Chadwick, Fort Cherry High School, Prosperity, PA

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Invasion of the Habitat Snatchers! (4th) - By Kathy Kelchner, Frances Slocum State Park, Nescopeck, PA

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IPM Basics (4th) - By Kathy Kelchner, Frances Slocum State Park, Nescopeck, PA

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Pest Populations: A Game of Survival (4th-6th) - By Micheline Balogh, Grey Nun Academy, Langhorne, PA

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Bats - Pests or Pals? By Kathy Kelchner, Frances Slocum State Park, Nescopeck, PA

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Mosquito & Tick Curriculum

Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention developed and piloted lessons and materials (including videos!) aimed at 5th grade level for teaching about ticks and mosquitoes.
Sustainable and Organic Agriculture Curriculum Resources (all ages) - by Bailey Klinestiver

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Weeds - Wild and Wonderful (all ages) - By Kathy Kelchner, Frances Slocum State Park, Nescopeck, PA

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IPM Jump Start

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"IPM Jump Start" is a resource for PA teachers of grades K-6 to teach Pennsylvania Academic Standards in Environment and Ecology, section4.5.4 "Integrated Pest Management (IPM)".