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1 LESSON FOURTEEN: INVASIVE SPECIES JEOPARDY Duration: One 45-minute class period Objectives: To test students knowledge of exotic invasive plant species taught in this unit. Prepare in advance: Practice using PowerPoint presentation before using in class Materials: Computer and multimedia projector with Microsoft PowerPoint installed A copy PowerPoint Jeopardy game installed on computer. Instructional sequence: Remind students of Jeopardy rules: students supply a question for a statement (the answer) given to them. For example, the number of days in one week; student would supply the question, What is 7? Operating Instructions (from first slide on PowerPoint Jeopardy): o Click anywhere on this screen to start the game. o Select a category value and click on it. o Click on the ANSWER button FIRST. o THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT! Your first click ANYWHERE will reveal the answer (clue). o Click on QUESTION TO REVEAL CORRECT STUDENT RESPONSE. o Click on the PINK HOUSE BUTTON to return to the category screen. o To END the PowerPoint, double click on any area of the screen. Lesson 14: Invasive Species Jeopardy 1
2 OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS Remember than in the game of jeopardy students supply a question for a statement (the answer) that the teacher gives them. The teacher gives the answer and the student formulates a question for that answer. E.g.: the number of days in one week Student would supply the question, What is 7? PRACTICE USING THIS POWERPOINT BEFORE USING IT IN CLASS! 1. Click anywhere on this card to start the game. 2. Select a category value and click on it. 3. Click on the ANSWER button FIRST. 4. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT! Your first click ANYWHERE will reveal the answer (clue). 5. Click on QUESTION TO REVEAL CORRECT STUDENT RESPONSE. 6. Click on the PINK HOUSE BUTTON to return to the category screen. 7. To END the PowerPoint, double click on any area of the screen. Healthy Ecosystems Invasive Species Jeopardy Relationships Appalachian Invaders Successful Strategies Empower Me! Final Jeopardy Lesson 14: Invasive Species Jeopardy 2
3 Healthy Ecosystems QUESTION: What is the sun?» What is sunlight? ANSWER: the energy source on which everything in a healthy land or water ecosystem depends Healthy Ecosystems QUESTION: What are producers, consumers, and decomposers? ANSWER: the kinds of living organisms in a healthy ecosystem (3) Lesson 14: Invasive Species Jeopardy 3
4 Healthy Ecosystems QUESTION: What are land forms, water sources, soil, and rocks? ANSWER: the non-living things in a healthy ecosystem (4) Healthy Ecosystems QUESTION: What are natural boundaries? ANSWER: physical limits of a healthy ecosystem set by the living and non-living things in the ecosystem Lesson 14: Invasive Species Jeopardy 4
5 Healthy Ecosystems QUESTION: What is biodiversity? ANSWER: the number of different species in a particular habitat Relationships QUESTION: What is a producer? ANSWER: a plant that can change the sun s radiant energy into chemical energy Lesson 14: Invasive Species Jeopardy 5
6 Relationships QUESTION: What are predators?»what is a predator? ANSWER: animals that hunt, kill and eat other animals Relationships QUESTION: What is a habitat? ANSWER: the place that provides food, shelter, and a suitable climate for an organism to live Lesson 14: Invasive Species Jeopardy 6
7 Relationships QUESTION: What is a food chain? ANSWER: a model that shows only one-to-one links between the levels of producers and consumers back Lesson 14: Invasive Species Jeopardy 7
8 Relationships QUESTION: What are exotic invasive plants? ANSWER: rapid growth rates and reproduction rates allow them to overpower and displace existing native plants by using up valuable light, space, water, and nutrients Appalachian Invaders QUESTION: What is kudzu? ANSWER: a fast-growing Asian vine from the pea family. Before 1953 it was often grown as livestock forage and to stop erosion. Lesson 14: Invasive Species Jeopardy 8
9 Appalachian Invaders QUESTION: What is tree of heaven? ANSWER: definitely not angelic! a tree most common along forest edges, often mistaken for native sumac Appalachian Invaders QUESTION: What is mimosa? ANSWER: a small tree that re-sprouts quickly when cut, and seeds from lacey pink flower puffs may remain viable for 50 years or more Lesson 14: Invasive Species Jeopardy 9
10 Appalachian Invaders QUESTION: What is Japanese honeysuckle? ANSWER: a vine with sweet-smelling flowers. Its evergreen leaves photosynthesize in winter and its dense branches strangle small trees and shrubs Appalachian Invaders!!!DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!! QUESTION: What is oriental bittersweet? ANSWER: a not so tasty climbing vine that reproduces often and grows so rapidly it damages or kills native plants by choking and shading them Lesson 14: Invasive Species Jeopardy 10
11 Successful Strategies QUESTION: What is adaptation?»what is adapt? ANSWER: the ability of a species to survive in a particular habitat, especially because of changes of form or behavior Successful Strategies QUESTION: What is a toxin? ANSWER: the deadly substance given off by roots of some exotic invaders Lesson 14: Invasive Species Jeopardy 11
12 Successful Strategies QUESTION: What are natural consumers? ANSWER: Exotic invasive plants survive in new ecosystems because there are none of these. Successful Strategies QUESTION: What are tap roots and adventitious roots? ANSWER: broad-leafed invaders often have one of these two kinds of roots that are very difficult to completely remove Lesson 14: Invasive Species Jeopardy 12
13 Successful Strategies!!!DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!! QUESTION: What is intentional habitat destruction? ANSWER: Second only to this, invasive exotic plants are the greatest threat to natural ecosystems of the United States. Empower Me! QUESTION: What is identify an exotic invasive plant? ANSWER: By knowing some of these things about a plant: location (habitat) leaf shape flowers and/or seeds root type I can... Lesson 14: Invasive Species Jeopardy 13
14 Empower Me! QUESTION: What is get advice from an expert? ANSWER: If I am unsure about planting an imported plant in my garden, I can... Empower Me! QUESTION: What is tell her what you know about exotic invasives?» What is alert/inform others? ANSWER: If my next door neighbor is getting ready to plant an invader in her garden, I can... Lesson 14: Invasive Species Jeopardy 14
15 Empower Me! QUESTION: What is a volunteer? ANSWER: a person who gives time freely to help identify and remove plant invaders in the Southern Appalachian Region Empower Me! QUESTION: What is an Invasive Species club? ANSWER: interested students who meet in a group to help find solutions to the exotic invasive species problems in the Southern Appalachian Region Lesson 14: Invasive Species Jeopardy 15
16 FINAL JEOPARDY ANSWER: all the living things in an area plus the non-living things in the surrounding environment question What is an ecosystem? Lesson 14: Invasive Species Jeopardy 16
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Clean, Drain, Dry! Activity
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