Youth Educational Materials on Invasive Species
Bring invasive species education into the classroom with these fun, accessible, and easy to implement activities developed by the PEI Invasive Species Council!
Aquatic Invasive Species Resource Handbook for Educators: Grades 4-6
This booklet provides early elementary educators (grades 4-6) with engaging, easy-to-use activities focused on aquatic invasive species on Prince Edward Island. The lessons are designed to help students understand what invasive species are, how they spread, why they can be harmful to local ecosystems, and the actions we can take to help prevent their spread. We have developed the activities in this guide to be accessible, low cost, and easy to implement in a school setting with many requiring no extra materials.
Sneaky Stowaways
Students will be able to describe how their personal actions help conserve PEI’s natural resources by exploring an important behavioural program that protects PEI’s forests. A class or group activity & group or independent handout.
That’s Sus!
Building on the “Sneaky Stowaways” activity, this lesson will help students to describe how their personal actions help conserve PEI’s natural resources by exploring an important behavioural program that protects PEI’s forests. A class discussion & independent activity booklet.
Don’t Move Firewood
This lesson will help engage students to explore the consequences of moving firewood over long distances, an action that seriously threatens the Wabanaki-Acadian Forest Region. An outdoor class game.
Give Invasive Species the Boot (Brush)
Identify their own and their family’s impact on natural resources by identifying how easy it is to transfer invasive species to new places on their shoes. They will learn about play clean go, an important behavioural program to play responsibly in natural systems. A class game.
Be a Forest Friend
Students will make a commitment to protect island forests as they have come to recognize their impact. An independent activity.
Make a Field Report – Forest Field Trip
Students will spend time in the Acadian forest and will be encouraged to make their own observations on the associated populations of plants and animals they find while they are out. A class field trip & partner activity.
Invasive Species in our Landscapes – Activity Book
This resource contains activities that will help students learn about invasive species, particularly those that impact our landscapes, and highlight ways they can help prevent their spread. An activity & colouring book.
Habitat Hero Board Game
Students will play a board game to help understand the importance of wildlife habitat. Players race to increase their territory across PEI and reforest to create habitat with the best ecosystem services. Along the way these characters face alien invasive species and are supported by conservation workers on PEI. Click here for a preview.
Creating an Invasive Species Scavenger Hunt
In this activity, the students will be playing the part of “Invasive Species Detectives” performing a field survey. The scavenger hunt will take place in the schoolyard or a local natural area using an ID sheet and marked stations to identify invasive species. An outdoor or field trip activity.