6TH GRADE SCIENCE WITH MRS. VORIS
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Energy Transfer 1
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Non-Native Species
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Our non-native species research project, encompasses all of the foundational knowledge the students worked on during our Ecosystems Unit.
The following are just a few links students can use for their research - more research may be necessary depending on the species.
PLANTS
Japanese Honeysuckle
https://www2.illinois.gov/dnr/inpc/documents/vmg/vmg%20japanese%20honeysuckle%20revised%202002.pdf
http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/plants/honeysuckle.shtml
https://www.invasive.org/browse/subinfo.cfm?sub=3039
Quack Grass
https://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/grasses/plants/quack_grass.htm
http://hyg.ipm.illinois.edu/article.php?id=1212
https://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/terrestrial/plants/quackgrass
Purple Loosestrife
http://www.invasiveplants.net/plants/purpleloosestrife.htm
www.michigan.gov/invasives/0,5664,7-324-68002_71240_73853-368747--,00.html
https://www.inhs.illinois.edu/research/vmg/ploosestrife/
Hydrilla
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ttps://www.invasive.org/alien/pubs/midatlantic/hyve.htm
http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/aquatics/hydrilla.shtml
https://www.invasivespeciescentre.ca/invasive-species/meet-the-species/invasive-aquatic-plants/hydrilla/
Siberian Elm
http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/invasives/terrestrialplants/woody/siberianelm.html
https://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/trees/plants/sb_elm.html
http://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5410128.pdf
Common buckthorn
https://mortonarb.org/plant-and-protect/trees-and-plants/common-buckthorn-illegal-to-sell-in-illinois/
http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/invasives/terrestrialplants/woody/buckthorn/index.html
https://
openlands.org/2018/09/19/buckthorn/
Garlic mustard
http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/invasives/terrestrialplants/herbaceous/garlicmustard.html
http://www.columbia.edu/itc/cerc/danoff-burg/invasion_bio/inv_spp_summ/Alliaria_petiolata.html
http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/regions/northamerica/unitedstates/indiana/journeywithnature/garlic-mustard.xml
Goutweed
https://www.invasive.org/weedcd/pdfs/wgw/goutweed.pdf
https://www.gardeningchannel.com/how-to-get-rid-of-invasive-bishops-weed-goutweed/
http://www.invasiveplantatlas.org/subject.html?sub=11534
Orange Daylily
https://choosenatives.org/articles/ditch-the-ditch-lily/
http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/cs/groups/public/documents/document/dcnr_010241.pdf
http://www.invasiveplantatlas.org/subject.html?sub=3407
White sweet clover
http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/invasives/terrestrialplants/herbaceous/whitesweetclover.html
http://sewisc.org/invasives/invasive-plants/43-sweet-clover
https://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/flower/white-sweet-clover
Cut-leaved teasel
https://www.invasiveplantatlas.org/subject.html?sub=5545
http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/invasives/terrestrialplants/commonteasel.html
http://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/flower/cut-leaf-teasel
Giant Hogweed
http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/plants/hogweed.shtml
http://www.michigan.gov/mdard/0,4610,7-125--109308--,00.html
http://www.seagrant.sunysb.edu/ais/pdfs/GiantHogweedFactsheet.pdf
Kudzu
https://news.illinois.edu/view/6367/207153
http://www.invasivespeciesinitiative.com/kudzu
https://bit.ly/3DiuUv9
Wild Chervil
https://
paperzz.com/doc/6936775/wild-chervil---northeast-illinois-invasive-plant-partnership
www.niipp.net/files/niipp/files/wild%20chervil%20homeowners%20fact%20sheet%20FINAL.pdf
https://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/flower/wild-chervil
Tree-of-Heaven
https://www.ecolandscaping.org/05/landscape-challenges/invasive-plants/tree-of-heaven-an-exotic-invasive-plant-fact-sheet/
https://
bit.ly/3C1XnDS
https://
extension.psu.edu/tree-of-heaven
ANIMALS
European Cattle
https://
bit.ly/3F6vhcp
http://www.livescience.com/28154-new-world-cattle-origins.html
http://animals.mom.me/country-introduced-cattle-us-7162.html
European Starling
http://www.fs.fed.us/invasivespecies/documents/EuropeanStarling.pdf
https://www2.illinois.gov/dnr/education/CDIndex/EuropeanStarling.pdf
http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/animals/eurostarling.shtml
European Wild Boar
http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/animals/wildboar.shtml
http://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/70843.html
http://www.tsusinvasives.org/home/database/sus-scrofa
Brown Tree Snake
http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/animals/bts.shtml
http://www.columbia.edu/itc/cerc/danoff-burg/invasion_bio/inv_spp_summ/boiga_irregularis.html
https://
www.usgs.gov/faqs/what-brown-treesnake?qt-news_science_products=0#qt-news_science_products
Monk Parrot
http://www.columbia.edu/itc/cerc/danoff-burg/invasion_bio/inv_spp_summ/Myiopsitta_monachus2.html
https://
bit.ly/3CjhEEZ
https://
www.nycaudubon.org/monk-parakeet-myiopsitta-monachus
European Red Fox
http://www.issg.org/database/species/ecology.asp?si=66
http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/mammals/redfox.html
http://www.invasivespeciesinitiative.com/european-red-foxes
European Wild Rabbit
http://www.tsusinvasives.org/database/european-rabbit.html
http://www.stoppinginvasives.org/home/database/oryctolagus-cuniculus
https://www.awe.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/rabbit.pdf
Jumping Worm
https://ipm.illinois.edu/first_detector/Jumping_Worm_Handout.pdf
https://bit.ly/3EYhxjW
https://www.reconnectwithnature.org/News-Events/The-Buzz/Invasive-jumping-worms-35-counties-illinois
AQUATICS
Sea lamprey
http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/invasives/aquaticanimals/sealamprey/index.html
http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/aquatics/lamprey.shtml
https://www.fws.gov/midwest/SeaLamprey/
Asian carp
https://www.fws.gov/columbiariver/ans/factsheets/asian_carp.pdf
http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/invasives/aquaticanimals/carp/index.html
http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/aquatics/asiancarp.shtml
New Zealand mud snail
http://cisr.ucr.edu/new_zealand_mud_snail.html
.fws.gov/columbiariver/ans/factsheets/mudsnail.pdf
http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/aquatics/mudsnail.shtml
Red swamp crayfish
https://
nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/factsheet.aspx?SpeciesID=217
https://dnr.wisconsin.gov/topic/Invasives/fact/RedSwampCrayfish.html
https://www.michigan.gov/documents/dnr/InvasiveSpeciesAlert-RedSwampCrayfish_494188_7.pdf
Zebra Mussel
http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/invasives/aquaticanimals/zebramussel/index.html
http://www.epa.state.il.us/water/conservation/lake-notes/zebra-mussels.pdf
https://www.dupageforest.org/blog/tracking-zebra-mussels
Eurasian milfoil
http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/invasives/aquaticplants/milfoil/index.html
http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/wq/plants/weeds/milfoil.html
http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/aquatics/watermilfoil.shtml
INSECTS
Asian multi-colored lady-beetle
http://extension.cropsciences.illinois.edu/fruitveg/apples/asian_lady_beetle/
http://ento.psu.edu/extension/factsheets/multicolored-asian-lady-beetle
www.heartspm.com/asian-lady-beetles-vs-native-ladybugs.php
Japanese beetle
http://dnr.state.mn.us/invasives/terrestrialanimals/japanese_beetle/index.html
http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/orn/beetles/japanese_beetle.htm
https://extension.illinois.edu/news-releases/living-japanese-beetles
Emerald Ash borer
http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/animals/eab.shtml
https://extension.illinois.edu/hmrs/emerald-ash-borer
https://www2.illinois.gov/sites/agr/Insects/Pests/EmeraldAshBorer/Pages/default.aspx
Gypsy moth
http://dnr.state.mn.us/invasives/terrestrialanimals/gypsymoth/index.html
http://www.fs.fed.us/ne/morgantown/4557/gmoth/
http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/animals/eurogypsymoth.shtml
Pine Shoot beetle
https://www.barkbeetles.org/other/fspsb.cfm
http://
www.tsusinvasives.org/home/database/tomicus-piniperda
https://ag.tennessee.edu/EPP/Pages/Invasive%20Species/Insects/Pine-Shoot-Beetle.aspx
White cabbage butterfly
http://pollinators.blogspot.com/2016/05/the-most-invasive-butterfly-cabbage.html
https://www2.illinois.gov/dnr/education/CDIndex/CabbageButterfly.pdf
http://nathistoc.bio.uci.edu/lepidopt/pieridae/cabbagem.htm
Asian long-horned beetle
http://cisr.ucr.edu/asian_beetle.html
https://extension.illinois.edu/blogs/good-growing/2021-05-25-invasive-asian-longhorned-beetle-threatens-forests
http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/animals/asianbeetle.shtml
Brown Marmorated stink bug
http://cisr.ucr.edu/brown_marmorated_stinkbug.html
http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/animals/stinkbug.shtml
https://extension.illinois.edu/blogs/flowers-fruits-and-frass/2021-05-24-brown-marmorated-stink-bug-nuisance-homeowners
Asian tiger mosquito
http://cisr.ucr.edu/asian_tiger_mosquito.html
http://www.idph.state.il.us/envhealth/pctigermosquito.htm
http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/animals/asiantigmos.shtml
European honeybee
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/galveston/beneficials/beneficial-60_pollinators-_honey_bees.htm
http://www.agriculture.purdue.edu/agcomm/newscolumns/archives/OSL/1999/November/111199OSL.html
https://duffymeadows.com/2019/01/21/are-honey-bees-and-invasive-species/
Spotted Lanternfly
https://extension.illinois.edu/sites/default/files/spotted_lanternfly_fact_sheet_v8.pdf
https://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/terrestrial/invertebrates/spotted-lanternfly
https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/resources/pests-diseases/hungry-pests/the-threat/spotted-lanternfly/spotted-lanternfly
MICROBES
Dutch elm disease
http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/microbes/dutchelm.shtml
http://www.stoppinginvasives.org/home/database/ophiostoma-ulmi
http://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/disturbance/invasive_species/ded/control_management/
White Pine blister rust
http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/microbes/wpbr.shtml
http://www.stoppinginvasives.org/home/database/cronartium-ribicola
http://www.fs.fed.us/research/invasive-species/plant-pathogens/white-pine-blister-rust.php
Sudden Oak Death
http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/microbes/suddenoak.shtml
https://bit.ly/3wRH23M
http://cisr.ucr.edu/sudden_oak_death.html
West Nile virus
http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/microbes/westnile.shtml
http://www.columbia.edu/itc/cerc/danoff-burg/invasion_bio/inv_spp_summ/WestNile.html
http://www.issg.org/database/species/ecology.asp?si=304
ARTICLES
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/07/140724-invasive-species-conservation-biology-extinction-climate-science/
http://ecosystems.serc.si.edu/invasive-species/
http://www.usnews.com/science/articles/2011/08/31/are-all-invasive-species-bad
https://www.nwf.org/Educational-Resources/Wildlife-Guide/Threats-to-Wildlife/Invasive-Species
From CBS News - great additional information
About Me
Contact Info & Course Syllabus
Student/Parent Resources
Lab Safety
Ecosystems
>
Energy Transfer 1
Energy Transfer 2
Energy Transfer 3
Non-Native Species
Astronomy Unit
Light and Sound Unit
>
Exploring Sound 1
Exploring Sound 2
Exploring Sound 3
Other great science websites for kids
Teacher Resources
Curriculum Resources
Interactive Digital Notebooks
Great Science Sites
Other Cool Websites for Teachers