Youth Activity Book

Youth Activity Book: "Invader Rangers" (standard quality pdf - 3.1 MB). This activity book is geared for grades 3-6, and includes fun activities that involve learning about invasive plants through coloring, word searches, a crossword, weedy widget, dodecahedron, and more!

Here are printable, individual activity sheets from the Youth Activity Book:

Invader Rangers (coloring sheet) (528 kb)
Word Search (for native plants) (576 kb)
What Plant am I? (Match plant descriptions to pictures) (568 kb)
Word Search (for invasive plants) (580 kb)
Silhoettes (name silhoette plants from word search drawings) (352 kb)
Secrets of Invaders' Success (Match numbers to letters to find out secrets to why plant invaders can take over and spread quickly) (284 kb)
Phooey for Plant Invaders (Find and circle problems in colored drawing with 8 clues to find) (2.5 MB)
Invader Invitation (Activity to learn where invasive plants typically grow and where they might not) (328 kb)
Getting Around (Activity to match pictures to descriptions of how invasive plant seeds and parts travel) (496 kb)
Seed Maze (Maze to learn what path wind can blow invasive plant seeds) (612 kb)
Slow the Spread (Unscramble tips on how to slow the spread of invasive plants, using clues) (304 kb)
Weedy Widget (2-sided color, cut-out activity) (1.7 MB)
Crossword (test invasive plant knowledge gained by previous activities) (224 kb)
Plant Invader Dodecahedron (make a colorful dodecahedron - a 12-sided 'ball' of invasive plants) (2.9 MB)
Answer Key to all activities (220 kb)

Supplements to the Activity Book:
Be an Invader Ranger (5 things you can do to make a stand against invasive plants!) (208 kb)
Are there Escape Artists in your Garden? (Find out how to help prevent the spread of invasive plants from gardens) (368 kb)

Note: The Youth Activity Book can be ordered through the IPCBC office.

Posters

Colouring Sheets

ATV weed (pdf - 58 kb)
Escaping weed (pdf - 48 kb)
Happy weed (pdf - 117 kb)
Here to stay weed (pdf - 78 kb)
Hitchhiking weed (pdf - 49 kb)
Space Alien weed (pdf - 59 kb)