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Weed Ed: Empowering Teachers with Noxious Weed Curriculum Standards

This website aims to incorporate noxious weed education into state content standards, providing training and resources to teachers. Explore a comprehensive collection of bio-agent numbers and market value visions for effective weed management.

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Weed Ed: Empowering Teachers with Noxious Weed Curriculum Standards

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  1. Weed Ed. Info. http://mtwow.org/teacher-curriculum.htm http://www.weedawareness.org/ http://townsendps.schoolwires.com/72291911222433/site/default.asp http://www.blm.gov/education/weed/weed.html http://www.nwcb.wa.gov/education/education.htm http://www.weedinvasion.org/ http://www.missoulaeduplace.org/weeds_curriculum.shtml

  2. What Is Needed To Do This? -These items included into the State Content Standards as the Standards are rewritten -Teachers involved in reworking the State Content Standards committed to adding noxious weeds -Working with OPI and the various weed groups to do this correctly -Assurances that we are not adding undue burden to teachers: 1) not “forcing” specific curriculum (academic freedom!), and 2) providing training and resources to teachers so they can easily meet these content standards.

  3. Bio-Agent Collection Numbers & Market Value

  4. Vision: A knapweed insectary + weed education program in every Montana county.Similar bio-control programs and weed web sites in every State! • ‘Will be glad to help! • How-to info. on mtwow.org web site • Email: tbreit@whitehallmt.org

  5. Fun!

  6. Questions? • Photos credited on the mtwow.org web site. Many by: • Bob Richard, Rich Hansen – USDA-APHIS-PPQ • Whitehall High School Students • Todd Breitenfeldt & WHE Project

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