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Module 2 - Plants & Systematics

Module 2 - Plants & Systematics

    

Module Outline (pdf)

Pre-Test & Post-Test (pdf)

STBL (species to be learned) (pdf)

1.  Wanted Poster (pdf)
2.  Field ID Cards (pdf)
3.  Herbarium (pdf)

SSR (suggested scientific reading)

1.  Designing Invasion-Resistant Plant Communities: The Role of Plant Functional Traits - James et al.  (pdf)

2.  Nitrogen acquisition by annual and perennial grass seedlings: testing the role of performance and plasticity to explain plant invasion - Leffler et al.  (pdf)

Reading Guide (pdf)

Reading Guide Key (pdf)

Case Study

1.  Presentation (pdf)
2.  Town Hall (pdf)  

  

EBIPM High School Curriculum Module 2 - Plants & Systematics

The plants that make up rangeland in the Great Basin area of the west are primarily grasses. forbs, and shrubs.

 Activities

  • 1.  Field Guide Book Review (pdf)
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  • 2.  The Pot Boiled Over(pdf)

  • 3.  Not All Just Plants (pdf)

  • 4.  Plants at War (pdf)
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  • 5. Plant Growth Lab (pdf)
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  • 6. Field Visit  (pdf)

Supplementtal Activities & Additional Resources

* Basic Plant Characteristics (pdf)

* Grass Identification in the Field - Lori Ziegenhagen (pdf)

* University of Idaho Teacher Resource Guide for Rangeland Principles

Activities from module 2 (http://www.cnr.uidaho.edu/what-is-range/Curriculum/)

* Alien Invasion Unit I & 2 (http://weedinvasion.org/pg_weedfacts.php & http://weedinvasion.org/pg_identification.php)

* Montana kNOweeds activities 21, & 31 (http://www.missoulaeduplace.org/weeds_curriculum.shtml)

* Aliens in Your Neighborhood (NPS) plant unit (http://www.nps.gov/invspcurr/alienplants.htm)