1 Mark Goddard 20172 State Route 194 Pullman, Washington 99163 Word Count 57545 Aliens In Your Neighborhood A Teacher’s Guide to the National Park Service Invasive Weed Curriculum by Mark Goddard Table of Contents Acknowledgement ………………………………………………………………………………………………...iii INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................................................1 GETTING STARTED.................................................................................................................................................4 INVASIVE WEEDS AS THE INTEGRATING CONTEXT ..................................................................................5 BUILDING PARTNERS WITH YOUR NATIONAL PARKS: .............................................................................8 CITIZEN SCIENTISTS............................................................................................................................................12 A TEACHER’S GUIDE TO THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE.......................................................................17 LIST OF LESSONS FOR THE NATIONAL PARK' S INVASIVE WEED CURRICULUM ..………………18 TEACHER’S TIMELINE & CHECKLIST............................................................................................................20 INTRODUCTION TO ECOSYSTEMS ..................................................................................................................23 EXPLORING ECOSYSTEMS IN THE CLASSROOM.............................................................................................25 EXPLORING YOUR ECOSYSTEM..........................................................................................................................29 WRITING THROUGH THE ECOSYSTEM..............................................................................................................32 INTRODUCTION TO PLANTS..............................................................................................................................37 WHEN IS A ROSE NOT A ROSE?............................................................................................................................39 TRACKING ALIENS IN THE SCHOOLYARD .......................................................................................................43 ALIEN WANTED POSTER .......................................................................................................................................48 ALIEN WANTED POSTER .......................................................................................................................................52 PRESSING ALIENS ...................................................................................................................................................54 RAISING ALIENS......................................................................................................................................................59 STUDENT GUIDE TO RAISING ALIENS...............................................................................................................63 MAKE-BELIEVE ALIENS ........................................................................................................................................65 MAKE-BELIEVE ALIENS WORKSHEET...............................................................................................................68 SPREADING THE INVASION ...............................................................................................................................74 ALIEN SPECIES RESEARCH DISCUSSION...........................................................................................................76 ALIEN SEED BANK..................................................................................................................................................80 ALIEN SHOPPING SPREE........................................................................................................................................83 ALIENS IN YOUR SOCKS........................................................................................................................................87 ALIEN INVASION.....................................................................................................................................................91 ALIEN INVASION WORKSHEET ...........................................................................................................................95 ALIEN IMPACTS .....................................................................................................................................................96 ALIEN POPULATIONS EXPLODE!.........................................................................................................................99 ALIEN SPECIES.......................................................................................................................................................106 ALIENS IN THE WEB .............................................................................................................................................110 ii ALIEN FOOD WEB .................................................................................................................................................115 ALIEN CONTROLS ...............................................................................................................................................117 AND JUST HOW DO YOU KILL A WEED? .........................................................................................................121 INSTRUCTION ON EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN…...............................................................................................128 ALIEN ISSUES........................................................................................................................................................137 ACTIVITIES TO INTRODUCE THE XID SYSTEM AND CLASSIFICATION............................................141 BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION WORKSHEET ................................................................................................148 CLASSIFICATION PRACTICE - ANIMALS .........................................................................................................150 ANIMAL GROUPING WORKSHEET ....................................................................................................................152 HOW ARE ANIMALS CLASSIFIED? ....................................................................................................................154 ANIMAL CLASSIFICATION WORKSHEET ........................................................................................................156 HOW CAN A CLASSIFICATION KEY BE USED TO IDENTIFY ORGANISMS?.............................................161 CLASSIFICATION OF TRIANGULUM© SPECIES...............................................................................................169 INTRODUCTION TO NATUREMAPPING........................................................................................................179 INTRODUCTION TO OREGON NATUREMAPPING ..........................................................................................182 INFORMATION ABOUT YOU...............................................................................................................................195 HOW TO BUILD YOUR HABITAT CODE............................................................................................................197 GLOSSARY & PLANT FACTS ............................................................................................................................205 AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY: .................................................................................................................208 APPENDIX ..............................................................................................................................................................218 Checklist for Content Standards Grades K-4...…………………………...………………………………………………224 Checklist for Content Standards Grades 5-8 ..……………………………………………………………………225 Checklist for Content Standards Grades 9-12.…………………………………………………………………………….226 CROSS-REFERENCE OF ALIENS WITH PROJECT LEARNING TREE AND PROJECT WILD .....................224 Created by Mark Goddard for Aliens In Your Neighborhood - 2003 iii Acknowledgement The Aliens In Your Neighborhood curriculum project was funded by the National Park Service’s Parks As Classroom and coordinated by Kathy Jope, PWR Natural Resources Program Chief in the NPS Pacific West Region. Additional funding was provided by the NPS Rocky Mountain Cooperative Ecosystems Studies Unit. Lisa Garrett, NPS Northern Semi-Arid Network Inventory and Monitoring Coordinator and Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, University of Idaho, supervised the creation of this project. It goes without saying that a great number of people have generously provided their expertise and shared their resources in order for this curriculum to become a reality: • Dr. Richard Old, Washington State University was ever so kind to share his software and ideas with inclusion of the XID Expert Authoring System and support for the classification unit in this curriculum. • Dr. Margaret Tudor, Project WILD and NatureMapping Education Director, Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife Outreach and Education was instrumental with opening the door for NatureMapping, a key component of Aliens. • Ellen Petrick-Underwood, John