Teaching
Second and Third Graders About Dalmatian toadflax
By: Sam
Friesz and Alex Schramm
On Wednesday
February 21, 2007
and Thursday February 22, 2007, Sam Friesz and Alex Schramm taught
three classes of second and third graders. The two second grade
classes were, Mrs. VanAusdol and Mrs. Severance. The third grade
class was Mrs. Hibbard's/ Mrs. Carmody's class. Mrs. Severance's
second grade
class were given pictures of a weevil to color and some will be placed
on the web page.
The class was taught about the noxious weed,
Dalmatian toadflax.
The class learned about biological control using weevils and toadflax
moths. We taught the scientific names of the Dalmatian toadflax,
the weevil, and the toadflax moth. They were taught one way of catching
insects, and that was by sweep net. At the end of our slide show
presentation, we asked the class questions about our presentation over
what they had just learned. We also played a game of
"Pictionary". They were given four different pictures
to draw (weevil, toadflax moth, sweep net, and Dalmatian
toadflax). At the very end of our presentation we handed out
candy for watching our presentation and playing our game.
Our Power Point
Presentation:
1. Dalmatian
toadflax
2. What is
Dalmatian
toadflax?
3. What are
noxious weeds?
4. How
do we get
rid of them?
5. Weevils
6. Moths
7. ~Questions Quiz~
8. ~Pictionary~
Severance's
second grade class artwork
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