4.5 integrated Pest Management
Date: 21 Aug 2006
Pennsylvania Academic Standards for Environment and Ecology
4.5: Integrated Pest Management
This page contains the criteria for teaching Integrated Pest Managementthat were developed in the PA Academic Standards. Clicking on a grade levelbelow will skip directly to the criteria for educators teaching at or belowthat grade. Clicking on the criteria will lead to all the teaching resourcesrelated to it.
Fourth Grade |Seventh Grade |Tenth Grade |Twelfth Grade
| Grade 4 : Integrated Pest Management (4.5.4) |
| Fourth Grade: 4.5A |
Fourth Grade: 4.5B |
Fourth Grade: 4.5C |
Know types of pests.
- Identify classifications of pests.
- Identify and categorize pests.
- Know how pests fit into a food chain.
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Explain pest control.
- Know reasons why people control pests.
- Identify different methods for controlling specific pests in the home, school and community.
- Identify chemical labels (e.g., caution, poison, warning).
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Understand society's need for integrated pest management.
- Identify integrated pest management practices in the home.
- Identify integrated pest management practices outside the home.
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| Grade 7 : Integrated Pest Management (4.5.7) |
| Seventh Grade: 4.5A |
Seventh Grade: 4.5B |
Seventh Grade: 4.5C |
Explain benefits and harmful effects of pests.
- Identify different examples of pests and explain the beneficial or harmful effects of each.
- Identify several locations where pests can be found and compare the effects the pests have on each location.
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Explain how pest management affects the environment.
- Explain issues related to integrated pest management including biological technology, resistant varieties, chemical practices, medical technology and monitoring techniques.
- Describe how integrated pest management and related technology impact human activities.
- Identify issues related to integrated pest management that affect the environment.
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Explain various integrated pest management practices used in society.
- Compare and contrast integrated pest management monitoring methods utilized in different community settings.
- Compare integrated pest management to past practices.
- Compare and analyze the long-term effects of using integrated pest management products.
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| Grade 10 : Integrated Pest Management (4.5.10) |
| Tenth Grade: 4.5A |
Tenth Grade: 4.5B |
Tenth Grade: 4.5C |
Identify similar classifications of pests that may or may not have similar effects on different regions.
- Identify environmental effect(s) of pests on different regions of the world.
- Identify introduced species that are classified as pests in their new environments.
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Analyze health benefits and risks associated with integrated pest management.
- Identify the health risks associated with chemicals used in common pesticides.
- Assess various levels of control within different integrated pest management practices including increased immunity to pesticides, food safety, sterilization, nutrient management and weed control.
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Determine the effects of integrated pest management practices on society over time.
- Analyze the risks to the environment and society associated with alternative practices used in integrated pest management.
- Analyze the benefits to the environment and society associated with alternative practices used in integrated pest management.
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| Grade 12 : Integrated Pest Management (4.5.12) |
| Twelfth Grade: 4.5A |
Twelfth Grade: 4.5B |
Twelfth Grade: 4.5C |
Research integrated pest management systems.
- Analyze the threshold limits of pests and the need for intervention in a managed environment.
- Research the types of germicides and analyze their effects on homes industry, hospitals and institutions.
- Design and explain an integrated pest management plan that uses a range of pest controls.
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Research and analyze integrated pest management practices globally.
- Research worldwide integrated pest management systems and evaluate the level of impact.
- Research and analyze the international regulations that exist related to integrated pest management.
- Explain the complexities associated with moving from one level of control to the next with different integrated pest management practices and compare the related costs of each system.
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Analyze the historical significance of integrated pest management on society.
- Explain the dynamics of integrated pest management practices and their relative effects upon society.
- Identify historic events affecting integrated pest management and cite the practices used (e.g., avian flu, bubonic plague, potato blight).
- Research and analyze the long-term effects of pest management practices on the environment.
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