Join Our Pest Patrol: A Backyard Activity Book for Kids on Integrated Pest Management
"Join Our Pest Patrol" booklet includes fun activities to educate children in grades 1–6 about pest identity, biology, and ecology. It also helps children understand the effects on the environment of decisions about whether or not to use chemicals to control pests.
- Cover, Introduction, Acknowledgements, and Table of Contents (pdf)
- Insects: What's a Pest? (pdf)
- Insect Pests and Pals (pdf)
- Fighting Pests with the 3 Ps (pdf)
- What's a Weed? (pdf)
- Dandy or Not? (pdf)
- Green, Green Grass (pdf)
- The Right Plants in the Right Places (pdf)
- Purple Plague! America's Most Wanted (pdf)
- Outsmart Those Pests! (pdf)
- Keep Pests from Pestering You Inside and Outside Your House! (pdf)
- Midnight Raiders: Cockroach Invaders (pdf)
- Ticked Off! (pdf)
- Join the Tree Hole Mosquito Patrol! (pdf)
- Mosquito-Eating Machines (pdf)
- Pests Have Enemies, Too! Aphids and Ladybugs (pdf)
- What's All the Buzz? (pdf)
- Monster Caterpillar (pdf)
- Wise up to Worms (pdf)
- Crazy about Compost (pdf)
- Don't Miss Mulch (pdf)
- The Web of Life (pdf)
- Plan for Pesticide Safety! (pdf)
- Are you Qualified for Pest Patrol? (pdf)
- Glossary (pdf)
- Web Resources List (pdf)
- Customer Feedback Form (pdf)
- Answers (pdf)