Maintaining native / non-native species

Here's an annotated list of resources to use for lesson planning:

ParentMap: 11 Fun Family Volunteering Opportunities in and Around Seattle
https://www.parentmap.com/article/10-fun-family-volunteering-opportunities-in-seattle
ParentMap has put together a list of environmental stewardship projects for families to do together. This great resource helps local parents engage with their kids outdoors, while providing a necessary service to our local urban environment.

Center for Invasive Species Management:
http://www.weedcenter.org/education/k-12.html
This resource has great resources about invasive species for educators and families to use with elementary through high school kids. There are activity sheets and lesson ideas posted from Idaho, British Columbia, and New York that are region specific in the information provided, or generic for North America.

Seattle Parks and Recreation: Environmental Stewardship—Urban Forestry Curriculum
http://www.seattle.gov/parks/environment/GSP_K-5.htm
Belinda Chin with the Seattle Parks and Recreation has put together a curriculum for educators to use for K-12 students. The program includes information about urban forests, their importance and vulnerabilities. Included are lesson plans and student activity sheets.

The New York Times—The Learning Network: Exploring the Effects of Invasive Species on Local Ecosystems
http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/29/natures-invaders-exploring-the-effects-of-invasive-s...
In this lesson, students learn about invasive species and native species, and the effects that population explosions might have on local ecosystems and the world’s trees (bristlecone pines in the Western US).

The New York Times: Alien Invasions lesson plan
http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2005/07/26/alien-invasions/
The NewYork Times has put together a lesson for students to learn about a project in South Africa that puts the unemployed back to work supporting local land and water resources. Students then create a project about their own local native and introduced species.

The New York Times: It’s (Not) Just a Bug
http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/06/19/its-not-just-a-bug/
In this New York Times lesson, students learn about how our crops are affected by native and non-native insects. Students create an agricultural plan that a farmer might use.