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Exploring Urban Integrated Pest Management
Michigan State University Pesticide Education, 2001
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Wanted Dead or Alive
Classroom Activity
Grades 4-6
#6
In this activity students create wanted posters on
pests that could be in or around their school.
Students will:
• read about common indoor pests.
• apply that knowledge to create wanted posters.
All about pest sheets, wanted poster worksheets or
posterboard, markers or pencils
science, language arts
½-1 hour
Step 1: Discussion. On the board write
Wanted and a big question mark. Tell the students: I
have a problem. I want everyone in the school to
help us be on the look out for pests. What things
do they need to know? Take suggestions from the
class. Answers should include the name, a
description or what it looks like, signs that it has
been there or what it might leave behind when it isn’t
there (droppings, damage), and where to look for it.
Today we are going to make wanted posters for
pests. What other things might be on a wanted
This activity can be done by individual students
or in groups. You can photocopy the blank wanted
poster worksheet or have the students create their
own posters from scratch.
Overview
Objectives
Subjects
Materials
Duration
Getting Ready
Doing the Activity
poster? Suggestions might include alias, warning,
reward, etc.
Step 2: Reading About Pests. Assign each
student or group a pest to read about. Give the
student/group the All about sheet on the assigned
pest. You may also decide to read the descriptions
aloud as a class.
Step 3: Making Wanted Posters. Ask the
students to complete the wanted poster using the
information they read. Use the blank wanted poster
sheets or make posters from scratch.
Step 4: Sharing Knowledge. Each student/
group presents their poster to the class. Since the
students read about different pests, this is the
opportunity for the students to learn about all of the
pests. Hang the