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Integrated Pest Management

Provided by: Khan Academy |Published on: April 27, 2021

Videos Grades 9-12, ap-college

Synopsis

This video provides information on integrated pest management, which uses non-chemical methods for controlling pests that can destroy crops.
Students will learn that farmers can avoid using pesticides (or use fewer pesticides) if they introduce natural predators, rotate crops, plant crops early, use barriers, or use other varieties of crops.
There is an interactive quiz included for students to test their understanding of sustainable practices.

Subjects: Biology

Authors: Khan Academy

Region: Global

Languages: English

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Additional Prerequisites

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Students should be familiar with the concepts of hybrid and genetically modified organisms.

Differentiation

Health classes could research the adverse effects of pesticides. Students could consider the ways that pesticides can leach into groundwater or run off into rivers and creeks.
Science students could reach out to faculty members or graduate students from local agricultural universities to request materials on integrated pest solutions suited to the local climate and crops.
Biology classes could use this resource to support lessons about evolution, natural selection, pressures on populations, genetics, or ecology.
Other resources on this topic include this video on regenerative farming, this course on food and farming, and this video about sustainable farming on the Oglala Lakota's Pine Ridge Reservation.

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