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Exploring Urban Integrated Pest Management
Michigan State University Pesticide Education, 2001
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Classroom Activity
Grades 3-6
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Step 1: Discussion. Ask the students what
animals need to survive. Generate a list on the board
or overhead. Review what a habitat is. Ask the
students: What is needed in a habitat? Food,
water, shelter, air, space, protection. Do all living
things live in the same habitat? Describe
different habitats.
Step 2: The Task. Split students up into groups
(pairs or 3-4 people). Say: Today you are
restaurant owners starting a new business. Your
job is to create a restaurant to serve (one or
several types of ) pests.
Assign or decide how many different pests each
student or group needs to address. Hand out need
cards. Using the need cards ask students to write
down ways they can meet all of the needs of their
different customers. The more pests, the more
Pests, like all animals, have specific needs for
survival. In this activity, students create a restaurant
and menu for pests. Fun and creative, this activity
challenges students to use their knowledge of needs
such as food, water, shelter, air, space, etc., to
create the perfect dining experience for pests.
Materials
Duration
Objectives
Doing the Activity
complicated the restaurant will need to be.
Step 3: Craft Activity. Ask the students to
create a restaurant with the shoe box and art
supplies. Remind them that they need to
accomodate the needs of all of the customers.
Step 4: Write Menus. Have students write
menus. Before they begin, ask the students if the
menus would be the same or would they need to
have different menus for different customers.
Closure: Ask: What was the hardest part
about making a restaurant for pests? How can
so many different pests live in a house? There are
many small habitats within a house. Many different
pests can live in the same place if they are not taking
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