1. Teacher Guide
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Alice Keeler is a mother of 5 and a teacher in Fresno, California. She has her B.A in Mathematics, M.S. in Educational Media Design and Technology and is currently working on a doctorate in Educational Technology with an emphasis in games and simulations. EdTech speaker, blogger, and presenter. Founder of coffeeEDU, a 1 hour conference event for educators. New Media Consortium Horizon report advisory panel member. High school math teacher for 14 years. Currently teaching pre-service teachers curriculum, instruction and technology at California State University Fresno. Teaches online for Fresno Pacific University in the Masters in Educational Technology. Passionate that kids are not failures, researches gamification in education to increase student motivation.
This lesson is designed to teach the Common Core State Standard: English Language Arts
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST Determine the meaning of symbols, key terms, and other domain-specific words and phrases as they are used in a specific scientific or technical context relevant to grades 9-10 texts and topics.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST Assess the extent to which the reasoning and evidence in a text support the author's claim or a recommendation for solving a scientific or technical problem.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W E Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the argument presented.

2. What impacts can non native species have on an environment?
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Having this up as kids come in is a great settle down activity. You can start class by asking them for thoughts about the picture or about ideas on how they could solve the question of the day.

3. What impacts can non native species have on an environment?
Opinions on the appeal of the common myna bird vary depending on where you live. Across southeast and central Asia, the myna lives in its natural habitat and is part of Sanskrit folklore. But in Australia and South Africa, where the bird was both intentionally and accidentally introduced in the wild, the myna is an invasive species and a genuine threat to native birds.
It can out-compete other birds for food, and thrives in urban and suburban habitats just as well as it does in open, wooded ranges. Mynas will even displace native birds by taking over their nests. That’s pretty successful for a critter that tops out at nine inches, beak to tail.
Depending on time, you can either have students read this silently to themselves, have one of them read out loud, or read it out loud yourself.

4. What impacts can non native species have on an environment?1
Web Search
What are some examples of non-native animal species living in North America. 2
What are some examples of non-native plant species in Europe? 3
What are ways that non native species are introduced into an environment? Why were they introduced? 4
List some of the negative aspects to introducing a non native species to an environment 5
Thinking
Should a non native species be eradicated? What methods might be used to restore an environment?
There are a couple of ways to use this slide, depending on how much technology you have in your classroom. You can have students find answers on their own, divide them into teams to have them do all the questions competitively, or have each team find the answer to a different question and then come back together. If you’re doing teams, it is often wise to assign them roles (one person typing, one person who is in charge of sharing back the answer, etc.)

5. What impacts can non native species have on an environment?5
Minutes
You can adjust this based on how much time you want to give kids. If a group isn’t able to answer in 5 minutes, you can give them the opportunity to update at the end of class or extend time.

6. What impacts can non native species have on an environment?1
Web Search
What are some examples of non-native animal species living in North America. 2
What are some examples of non-native plant species in Europe? 3
What are ways that non native species are introduced into an environment? Why were they introduced? 4
List some of the negative aspects to introducing a non native species to an environment 5
Thinking
Should a non native species be eradicated? What methods might be used to restore an environment?
You can ask the students verbally or let one of them come up and insert the answer or show how they got it. This way, you also have a record that you can keep as a class and share with parents, others.

7. What impacts can non native species have on an environment?1
Web Search
What are some examples of non-native animal species living in North America.
Possible Search Queries: “non native species”, “glassy winged sharpshooter”, “invasive species”
Sources
Wikipedia:
National Park Service:
Wikipedia:
Alaska Department of Fish and Game:
Hemlock Woolly Adelgids in the great smoky mountains - It is destroying the hemlock trees in the region.
The Glassy winged sharpshooter is an agricultural pest that has come up from Mexico to the United States threatening the grapes and other crops.
European Green Crab damage eelgrass beds prey on things such as tubeworms, juvenile clams and juvenile crabs.

8. What impacts can non native species have on an environment?2
Web Search
What are some examples of non-native plant species in Europe?
Possible Search Queries: “invasive plants”, “Invasive plants Europe”
Sources
Wikipedia:
Ailanthus altissima (Tree of heaven)[1]
Amorpha fruticosa (Desert false indigo)[2]
Ambrosia artemisiifolia (Amrosia artemisifolia)[3]
Carpobrotus edulis (Hottentot fig)[4]
Caulerpa racemosa (Grape caulerpa)[5]
Caulerpa taxifolia, Mediterranean clone[6]
Clematis vitalba (Old man's beard)[7]
Crassula helmsii (Australian swamp stonecrop)[8]
Elodea canadensis (Canadian pondweed)[9]
Fallopia japonica (Japanese knotweed)[10]
Gleditsia triacanthos (Honey locust)
Heracleum mantegazzianum (Giant hogweed)[11]
Hydrocotyle ranunculoides (Floating pennywort)[12]
Impatiens glandulifera (Himalayan balsam)[13]
Myriophyllum aquaticum (Parrot feather)[14]
Rhododendron ponticum(pontic rhododendron)[15]
Robinia pseudoacacia (Black locust)[16]

9. What impacts can non native species have on an environment?3
Web Search
What are ways that non native species are introduced into an environment? Why were they introduced?
Possible Search Queries: “non native species”, “Invasive species”,
Sources
Alaska Department of Fish and Game:
People will bring non native animal species in as pets or for food and they get out into the wild. Sometimes without natural competition these animals can take over and create an imbalance in the habitat. Ornamental plants can be brought in for decoration, but then spread into the wild. Some plants (seeds) and animals hitchhike when people are traveling. The non native species are accidentally introduced into a new environment.

10. What impacts can non native species have on an environment?4
Web Search
List some of the negative aspects to introducing a non native species to an environment
Possible Search Queries: “non native species”, “invasive species”
Sources
Wikipedia:
Non native species can crowd out native species for resources. In a new environment a species, be it plant or animal, does not have the same predators that they normally would and they may be able to populate beyond their normal constraints. Non native species will interact with the plant life and other animals differently than native species. Trampling plant species or eating plants and animals to the point of extinction.

11. What impacts can non native species have on an environment?5
Thinking
Should a non native species be eradicated? What methods might be used to restore an environment?
Student answers will vary. Students will potentially take on a couple of sides. They may argue for the preservation of the non native species or provide arguments for why the invasive pests need to be handled. Students should list some challenges. Such as spraying plants to kill the glassy winged sharpshooter will also kill native species.

12. What impacts can non native species have on an environment?
This slide is a chance to summarize the information from the previous slides to build your final answer to the question.