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Invasive Species Workshop Pacific Science Center 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Invasive Species Workshop Pacific Science Center 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, September 17 th , 2013 . Crayfish Invaders. U nderstand how live animals and plants used in science instructional materials may have negative impact on native species

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Invasive Species Workshop Pacific Science Center 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

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  1. Invasive Species Workshop Pacific Science Center 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, September 17th, 2013

  2. Crayfish Invaders

  3. Understand how live animals and plants used in science instructional materials may have negative impact on native species • Identify connections between schools and invasive species issues • Clarify what teachers need to understand and believe to modify their behaviors • Plan opportunities collaboratively to modify behaviors to minimize negative impacts • Establish support for the leadership role of the resource materials manager

  4. www.washingtoninvasivespecies.weebly.com

  5. Science Kits WA State LASER Washington State Science Kit Center Survey: Living Materials Distribution and Communication Survey Responses • 9 new Science Kit Centers 2013, 15 Science Kit Centers 2011 • 2013: Total of 24 science Kit Centers (63%) provided details

  6. Your Help Needed to Identify Species !!! < 50% Centers also provide: • Bess Beetles • Cloudfish • Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches • Millipedes • Silkworm Eggs • Tadpoles - Species • Zophobas Beetle • Wax Worms • Cabomba Some centers also provide: Ants, walking stick bugs, paramecia, euglena and amoeba Sp – species named MH – Mountain Home Biological Sourced Most Centers Provide: • Crayfish - Sp • Goldfish - Sp • Guppies - Sp • Milkweed Bugs - MH • Night Crawlers - MH • Crickets - Sp • Darkling Beetles • Gammarus • Isopods • Land Snails - Local Sp • Mealworms • Pill Bugs - Sp • Red Worms - Sp • Sow bugs - MH • Duckweed - Genus • Elodea – Species - Sp • Butterfly Larvae – Species - Sp

  7. Thank You for Your Help to Identify Species !!! < 50% Centers also provide: • Cabomba • Quarantine Listed by WA Department of Agriculture Most Centers Provide: • Unlisted species – which must not be released into the environment Check website for listed aquatic species: http://apps.leg.wa.gov/WAC/default.aspx?cite=220-12-090 WAC 220-12-090: Classification – Nonnative aquatic animal species Species disposal and prevention guidelines available in: http://www.habitattitude.net/

  8. Kit Center Propagation Goldfish (1 center) Guppies (1 center) Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches (3 centers) Night Crawlers (1 center Platys (1 center) Darkling Beetle (1 center) Land Snails (2 centers) Mealworms (2 centers) Pill Bugs (2 centers) Pond Snails (1 center) Red Worms (2 centers) Sow Bugs (1 center) Elodea (1 center) Millipedes: 1 center unsuccessful

  9. Science Kits WA State LASER Kit Center Survey Sept 2013: Handling & Proper Disposal Info: • Instructions enclosed on proper care and disposal • Information provided throughprofessional development & kit training • Information posted on website • Information provided to district science leaders & each teacher using materials

  10. Science Kits WA State LASER Kit Center SurveySept 2013: Your needs: • Up-to-date proper disposal techniques • Specific details on each critter • Tips on propagation • Searchable data base that provided care, disposal, alternative local/native critters • Contracts for students & parents to sign upon adopting materials.

  11. Inputs Problem: Invasive Species released from schools Releases School Science Kit Staff Teacher Science Suppliers Environment Individual Teacher Student • Supplier issues: • Inconsistent compliance • Lack of specific information • Ordering issues: • Lack of knowledge • Habit • Requirement of materials (authentic or assumed) • Disposal Issues: • Lack of knowledge • Emotional • Convenience

  12. Inputs

  13. Changing Behaviors

  14. Washington Invasive Species Council WISE: WA Invasive Species Education http://www.wise.wa.gov

  15. Bureau of Land ManagementInvasives: Plants on the Move http://www.weedinvasion.org/

  16. PBLU & Pacific Education Institute Schoolyard Habitat Project http://www.pblu.org/projects/schoolyard-habitat-project Schoolyard Biodiversity Investigation Educator Guide http://www.fishwildlife.org/files/ConEd-Schoolyard-Biodiversity-Guide.pdf

  17. Other Invasive Species Resources http://www.westsoundgreenstem.net/invasive-species.html

  18. OSPI Resources for Crayfish Crayfish Permit (PDF) | Notices for posting 5.5 x 8.5Crayfish Care and Handling 3.2 x 8 (PDF)Observing and Collecting Crayfish (PDF)Crayfish InvasionInvasive crayfish from the east have been spotted for the 1st time west of the Rockies, in a river in Eastern Oregon and a stream in Corvallis. They were shipped to elementary schools for biology classes and then released where they don’t belong by well meaning children or their teachers. Additional Crayfish Resources http://www.westsoundgreenstem.net/crayfish.html

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