{"id":3683,"date":"2023-05-01T14:35:11","date_gmt":"2023-05-01T14:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elbowlakecentre.ca\/?post_type=quills-posts&#038;p=3683"},"modified":"2024-01-12T14:20:03","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T19:20:03","slug":"biodiversity-and-invasive-species-a-garlic-mustard-case-study","status":"publish","type":"quills-posts","link":"https:\/\/elbowlakecentre.ca\/quills\/biodiversity-and-invasive-species-a-garlic-mustard-case-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Biodiversity and Invasive Species: A Garlic Mustard Case Study"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Instructions:<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Invasive Species as a Threat to Biodiversity<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li>Teacher leads a class discussion regarding how invasive species harm biodiversity.\n<ul>\n<li>Guiding information for discussion:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.invasivespeciescentre.ca\/learn\/\">https:\/\/www.invasivespeciescentre.ca\/learn\/<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbd.int\/undb\/media\/factsheets\/undb-factsheet-ias-en.pdf\">https:\/\/www.cbd.int\/undb\/media\/factsheets\/undb-factsheet-ias-en.pdf<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Invasive species are also discussed in the Tools Bundle in the activity titled<strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/elbowlakecentre.ca\/quills\/invasive-species\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Invasive Species<\/a>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Teachers starts by discussing invasive species in general and then eventually focuses the discussion on garlic mustard.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Students can draw garlic mustard or another invasive species (of their choice) to become familiar with its characteristics and identification.&nbsp;(For instructions refer back to activity in<strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/elbowlakecentre.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Scientific-Drawings-of-Plants.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scientific Drawings of Plants<\/a><\/strong> worksheet and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/elbowlakecentre.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Steps-to-Make-a-Scientific-Drawing_2023.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steps to Make a Scientific Drawing<\/a><\/strong>.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Students play the garlic mustard invasive species simulation tag game. Instructions included in&nbsp;the <a href=\"https:\/\/elbowlakecentre.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Instructions-for-Garlic-Mustard-Tag-Game_2023.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Instructions for Garlic Mustard Tag Game<\/strong>.<strong>pdf<\/strong><\/a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Teacher goes over the field survey methods in the&nbsp;following paper:\n<ul>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/neobiota.pensoft.net\/article\/1270\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Colautti, R., Franks, S., Hufbauer, R., Kotanen, P., Torchin, M., Byers, J., Pysek, P., Bossdorf, O. (2014) The Global Garlic Mustard Field Survey (GGMFS): challenges and opportunities of a unique, large-scale collaboration for invasion biology. NeoBiota 21:29-47. doi: 10. 3897\/neobiota.21.5242<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Teacher reviews survey methods using PPT found in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/elbowlakecentre.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Invasive-Species-Garlic-Mustard_2023.pptx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Invasive Species (Garlic Mustard)&nbsp;PowerPoint<\/strong><\/a> and worksheet found in the&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/elbowlakecentre.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Global-Garlic-Mustard-Field-Study_2023.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Global Garlic Mustard Field Study<\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong>pdf.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Participating in Citizen Science:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>7. Students use the same methods as&nbsp;Colautti&nbsp;et al.&nbsp;to determine&nbsp;the&nbsp;presence\/characteristics of garlic mustard on their school&nbsp;or on their&nbsp;property\/neighborhood&nbsp;and write down observations.&nbsp;Instructions regarding how to track and input observations is included on the website compiled by Dr. Rob Colautti:&nbsp;<em><a href=\"http:\/\/garlicmustard.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">garlicmustard.org<\/a><\/em>. Instructions on how to run activity are included in<a href=\"https:\/\/elbowlakecentre.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Global-Garlic-Mustard-Field-Study_2023.pdf\">&nbsp;<\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/elbowlakecentre.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Invasive-Species-Garlic-Mustard_2023.pptx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Invasive Species (Garlic Mustard)&nbsp;PowerPoint<\/a><\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If school yards don\u2019t have garlic mustard, the activity&nbsp;can also be adapted to another invasive species. (In Kingston, ON, some invasive species include: wild parsnip, purple loosestrife, phragmites, dog strangling vine.)&nbsp;Alternatively, if teachers are feeling adventurous, they can take their class to Belle Island and contribute to citizen science using the&nbsp;<em>garlicmustard.org<\/em>&nbsp;website or by using the iNaturalist app. The island had lots of garlic mustard the students can track and record!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Optional Extension Activity:&nbsp;<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>1. Students can do research and develop a plan to eradicate garlic mustard (or another invasive species) from the school property, Belle Island or another location they visit.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/elbowlakecentre.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Scientific-Drawings-of-Plants.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scientific Drawings of Plants<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/elbowlakecentre.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Instructions-for-Garlic-Mustard-Tag-Game_2023.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instructions for Garlic Mustard Tag Game<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/elbowlakecentre.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Invasive-Species-Garlic-Mustard_2023.pptx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Invasive Species (Garlic Mustard) PowerPoint<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/elbowlakecentre.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Garlic-Mustard-Study-PDF_2023.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Invasive Species (Garlic Mustard) PDF<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/elbowlakecentre.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Global-Garlic-Mustard-Field-Study_2023.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Global Garlic Mustard Field Study<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" 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