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Pest World for Kids: Pest Detective
As a Pest Detective in this game, you must identify the type of pest infestation in a house, and how it happened. You have two cases to solve - The Case of the Collapsing House and The Case of the Gruesome Bite. Once you have examined...
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Pest World for Kids: Termitology
An inquiry based lesson plan that delves into termite biology, distribution and habitat, life cycle, social structure, and the role of termites in nature and the food chain.
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Pest World for Kids: The Pest Detectives [Pdf]
A science picture book in which a young girl accompanies her father as he visits homes to look for invading insects and other pests.
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Pest World for Kids: Bug Builder
Create an ant, a bee, a spider, a cockroach, or a bug of your own design. Use the camera feature to save it to a gallery, and even email it to yourself.
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Pest World for Kids: Sort the Bugs
A fast-paced game where you must eliminate the insects by sorting three types of bugs into jars, hitting flies with a fly swatter, picking ticks up with tweezers, or vacuuming up stink bugs.
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Pest World for Kids: Archibald's Adventure
Help Archibald the house ant collect food for his colony. After foraging outside, he comes into the house, collects food on the floor, and then on the kitchen counter, all the while trying to avoid hazards. Watch out for the pest control...
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Pest World for Kids: Pest Rangers
Take on the role of a Pest Ranger under the command of Pest Control Pete. Use his special scanner to see where pests lurk in a home, ones that would otherwise be invisible to you. Once you find a pest, look at it closely as you are told...
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Pest World for Kids: Bees
Comprehensive guide for learning important facts about bees such as their habitat, diet, and impact. Content includes details on bumble bees, carpenter bees, honey bees, and killer bees.
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Pest World for Kids: Wasps
Complete resource guide for learning facts about wasps focusing on diet, habitat, prevention, and impact. Content includes details on the Bald-Faced Hornet, European hornet, and yellow jacket.
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Pest World for Kids: Rats
Learn about two species of rats, from the diseases they carry to the damage they cause by chewing on materials, urinating on food, and eating stored foods.
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Pest World for Kids: Pest Guide: Cockroach
Learn about cockroaches, their diet, habitat, and how they contaminate our homes by tracking bacteria and germs throughout.
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Pest World for Kids: Ants
Complete resource guide for learning facts about ants focusing on diet, habitat, and impact. Content includes details on the Argentine ant, carpenter ants, Odorous House ants, pavement ants, and Red Imported Fire Ants.
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Pest World for Kids: Intro to Pests
This lesson introduces students to a wide variety of common pests. Students will learn about basic needs, pest damage, and self-protection measures against certain pests. Some of the activities include playing a game, creating a class...
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Pest World for Kids: Totally Termites
Explore the world of termites with this lesson, which includes a close-up look at termite specimens, special termite adaptations and insect anatomy. Students will also learn about property risks associated with termites, and how pest...
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Pest World for Kids: Termitology
This lesson will engage students in an inquiry-based study of the ecology of termites. Through hands-on investigations, students will explore the life cycle of termites, the termite's role in the food web, and the unique social structure...
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Pest World for Kids: Before They Were Pests
For this lesson, students will explore the native habitats and behaviors of common pests to understand why and how household pests enter our homes. Students will examine the relationship between humans and pests and the limited habitat...
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Pest World for Kids: Pest Psa
In this six-session lesson plan, students use the PestWorldforKids.org "Pest Guide" section to develop a Public Service Announcement (PSA) for their school community. The PSA will communicate the threats and impacts a pest may cause and...
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Pest World for Kids: Pest Taxonomy
During the first session of this two-session lesson, students use the different species represented in the PestWorldforKids.org's "Pest Guide" section to learn how living things are grouped together according to the characteristics they...
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Pest World for Kids: Report Writing
Do you need to write a paper for your Science class? Want to create a public service announcement to broadcast during your school's morning announcements? Or, do you need to make a digital slideshow for a small group project? If so,...
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Pest World for Kids: Crush That Bug
Click on at least three bugs in a row to remove them in this fast-paced, enjoyable game. There are six levels in all, and special tools you can use to get more points.
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Pest World for Kids: Pest Guide: Bed Bugs
A one-page fact page about the bed bug.
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Pest World for Kids: Pest Guide: Spiders
Essential information about the physical characteristics, diet, habitat, and impact of the black widow spider and the brown recluse spider.
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Pest World for Kids: Moths
Detailed resource guide for learning facts about moths focusing on diet, habitat, impact, and prevention. Concentration is on the Indian Meal Moth.
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Pest World for Kids: Mosquito
Detailed resource guide for learning facts about mosquitos focusing on diet, habitat, impact, and prevention.