Group+5+Earth+Day+Lesson


 * __Agenda__**

__**Lesson Objective:**__ Students will be able to... 1) Know what an invasive speices is. 2) Identify invasives found in wetlands.
 * __Activity:__**Scavenger hunt for invasive speices around Drangon Fly Falls and Embankment.

Procedure:
- Start out asking if they know what an invasive speicies is - Then explain what an invasive species is and why its invasive Ex: G roup of items and then one thing that doesnt belong with those items; Sock in with a box of markers, Zombies pushing out humans to extinction - Show them some of the invasive speices that are native to our area Mile-A-Minute, Cattails, Stink Bugs, Multifloral Rose, Japanese Barberry - Explain harm done by invasive species - Show pictures of some of the invasive species so they know what they look like - Explain the scavenger hunt Specific colored flags at the different invasive species Each group takes one of the colored flags at each invasive species that they find After about 10 min bring all the kids back in and see what they found - Divide little people into 4 groups <span style="color: #770977; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">- Send all groups out to Dragon Fly Falls and Embankment to collect the flags with a leader following them making sure they behave <span style="color: #770977; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">- Bring kids back <span style="color: #770977; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">- Closure: What is an invasive species?

<span style="color: #770977; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">- Flags <span style="color: #770977; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">- Pictures of invasive species <span style="color: #770977; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">- containers <span style="color: #770977; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">- colored pencils <span style="color: #770977; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">- markers <span style="color: #770977; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">-crayons
 * __Materials:__**