AIS Stewardship Project Summaries

Every teacher who has participated in Sea Grant training on Aquatic Invasive Species sends in a final report of the amazing projects their classrooms have completed. These reports are compiled here, including tips on ways to improve projects, plans to expand ideas, and some great photos of adventurous field trips.

Grades 3-5

• Great Lakes Non-native Invasive Species Research Project
  Grade 4, Windom Elementary School. Report by Nancy Buck.

• Invasive Species Awareness
  Grade 5, Kaegebein Elementary. Report by Theresa Mannarino.

Grades 6-8

• Detectives for the Chain of Lakes
  Middle School, Peter J. Palombi School. Report by Kathleen Shelley & Gale Clement.

• Final Action Plan for the Stop Aquatic Hitchhikers! Project
  Grade 7, Saint Thomas Academy. Report by James Jurkovich.

• Spring Gala Project: Exotic Invasive Species
  Grade 7, Le Sueur-Henderson. Report by Gertrude Jensen.

• Invasive Zebra Mussel in our Great Lakes
  Grades 7/8, Adrian Middle School. Report by Jane Stickney.

• Beware of Invaders
  Grade 8, Crete-Monee Middle School. Report by Lisa Witt.

• Invaders of the Great Lakes
  Summer Camp, Brookfield Zoo. Report by Chris Radek.

Grades 9-12

• The Nab Team Needs You!
  Grade 9, Hammond Academy of Science & Technology. Report by Amanda Miracle.

• AIS Around the World
  High School Ecology, Norman Howard School. Report by Sally Shearer.

• Biodiversity Research Project: Identification of Plant Species
  High School Honors Biology, Northside College Preparatory High School. Report by Ana Vites and Steve Arnam.

• Increasing Public Awareness of Invasive Species in Eagan, MN
  High School Science, Burnsville Alternative High School. Report by Angela Engelhardt.
  

• Invasive Species All Around Us!
  High School Ecology, H.L. Richards High School. Report by Jennifer Nuskiewicz.
  

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