Watch this video about nature’s own pest controllers. While you are watching, list all the animals mentioned that are being used or could be used to control pests naturally.
Natural Pest Control
How farmers fight agricultural pests using nature’s own pest controllers.
Natural Pest Control
How farmers fight agricultural pests using nature’s own pest controllers.
Driving Questions
Look at the three Driving Questions below and in your groups, decide which question you would like to answer. Each group can answer the same question or each group can answer different questions. The choice is yours!
- How can we safely identify pests versus non-pests?
- How can we keep the houses in our community safe from unwanted pests?
- How can we help farmers keep pests away from their crops in a humane manner?
Thinking Routine: Generate-Sort-Connect-Elaborate
What will your group do or make to answer your Driving Question? Follow the prompts below to draw or write out some ideas with your group. Remember to download or save your work for future use!
Think about your group’s question and how you might want to answer the problem. Consider what you may think you know about the topic or question. The aim of this exercise is to get you thinking and working together to create ideas. Everything is possible here!
Generate a list of ideas and initial thoughts that come to mind when you think about this particular topic/issue.
Sort your ideas according to how central or tangential they are. Place central ideas near the center and more tangential ideas toward the outside of the page.
Connect your ideas by drawing connecting lines between ideas that have something in common. Explain and write in a short sentence how the ideas are connected.
Elaborate on any of the ideas/thoughts you have written so far by adding new ideas that expand, extend, or add to your initial ideas.
Need To Knows
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