Internet Resources
Here are many websites that can offer you more information about pests, integrated pest management, and related topics.
IPM for Kids/Classroom
Bugs in the Classroom: This site from the University of Nebraska--Lincoln provides modules, lesson plans, and activities for educators wanting to incorporate insects into their curriculums.
Discovering IPM: An Inquiry Approach to Learning Integrated Pest Management (IPM) (curriculum for grade 4)
Exploring Urban Integrated Pest Management: In PDF format, this document from Michigan State Extension gives lesson plans and activities about integrated pest management for the classroom.
Integrated Pest Management for Kids : This site from Penn State includes information about IPM, Cool Web sites, and frequently asked questions. Also check out the Pennsylvania Integrated Pest Management Program, of which this website is part.
School IPM: Integrated Pest Management in Schools: Maintained by the University of Florida and supported by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), this site includes general IPM information, teaching curriculums, and administrator information.
Pest Patrol Action Kit: From the Minnesota Department of Agriculture, this site includes hands on activities for use in the classroom as well as information on pests such as insects and weeds.
PestWorld for Kids: Includes learning games, teacher resources, information about specific pests and health issues related with them.
Learning Games
DB Pest Game: Help get rid of DB the roach from areas in and around the home!
IPM Crossword: Test your knowledge about IPM in this crossword puzzle from University of Connecticut!
Learning games from PestWorld for Kids: Play Archibald's Adventure, Pest Detective, the Pest Rangers, or Name that Pest.
Pest Identification
Anatomy of a Spider: Gives some detailed information about the parts of a spider, inside and out.
Best of the Bugs: A compilation of sites judged to be some of the best in entomology.
Biological Control: From Cornell University, this site discusses pest natural enemies from parasites and predators to pathogens!
City Bugs: A collaborative project from University of California-Berkeley and Oakland Unified School District, this site provides useful information about insects as well as teacher resources.
Using Live Insects in Elementary Classrooms: Includes lesson plans for the classroom that teach children about various topics using insects as a tool.
What's the Bug: Good site for identification of variety of insects.
Youth Entomology Resources: From the University of Kentucky, this site gives information and lesson plans about insects for a variety of age groups.
Yucky Roach World: Learn all about cockroaches!
Identifying a German cockroach on a sticky trap.
Pesticide Education
EPA: Pesticides--Information for kids, students, and teachers: The Environmental Protection Agency gives some tips about pesticide use and safety.
Pesticide Education Office: From the University of Nebraska--Lincoln, this is one of the earliest websites to provide one stop for information about pesticides and pesticide use and safety.
Pesticide Safety Bingo: Learn all about pesticide safety from EPA's bingo game!
