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Post-reading activities

These activities have been designed to consolidate the plant biosecurity themes from the big book, Plant Pest Investigation. It is suggested that these activities be completed after reading Plant Pest Investigation.

Choose the activities that most suit your classroom and students and adapt them as needed to suit your students' abilities and interests.

 

Activity

Key concepts
Students should begin to:

Resources

1.      All about the book

What happened in Plant Pest Investigation? Review the book with your class.
  • understand the problem in Plant Pest Investigation and its resolution
  • identify the main characters, and
  • recognise key words from the book.

 
  • Plant Pest Investigation
  • (optional) a copy of the cross word for each student

 

2.      Pesky plant pests

Learn all about some plant pests and how they could impact our lives.
  • understand the term ‘plant pest'
  • understand how plant pests could impact crops, and
  • understand how plant pests could impact their lives.

 

3.      A GIANT pest

What's worse than finding a snail in your garden? Finding GIANT snails in your garden! Learn all about this GIANT pest.
  • recognise that Giant African Snails (GAS) are pests
  • understand why GAS are pests, and
  • use movement to express their ideas about GAS.
     
  • GAS PDF or GAS PowerPoint

4.      Designer pest

Design your own plant pest.
  • understand that there are many different types of pests
  • understand what features make and insect a ‘pest'
  • create their own pest, and
  • explain how and why they made their pest.

 
  • craft materials
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Pesky Plant Pests.ppt1.15 MB
Giant African Snail.ppt294.5 KB