Invasive Species Assignment
Your Task
You work for Natural Resources Canada and your job is to become an expert on
your invasive species so that you can do your best to catch the offender. You can
choose your invasive specie from the list below.
Aquatic Species
*Round Goby
*Zebra Mussels *Fish Hook Water Flea
*Rusty
Crayfish
*Quagga Mussel *Sea Lamprey
*Grass Carp
*Asian Carp
*Tubenose Goby
*Alewife
*Spiney Water Flea
*Rudd
Insects
*Asian long horn beetle *Mountain Pine Beetle *Pine Shoot Beetle
*Sirex Woodwasp
Plants
*Eurasian water - milfoil *Purple loosestrife *European frogbit
*Fanwort
*Norway Maple
*Dames rocket
*Garlic mustard *Flowering rush
*Dog Strangling
Vine
*Common buckthorn
*Phragmities
*Reed canary grass
*Tartarian honeysuckle
Invasive Species Assignment
You need to collect and present the following information about your chosen specie to the class.
You are given three periods to complete your research.
 Scientific name
 Physical description
 Place of origin
 Pathway into Canada/Ontario and means of arrival
 Current habitat location(s)
 Place in the food web
 Victims: what species does it directly and/or indirectly affect in the ecosystem?
 Control/management strategies
Category
Knowledge and
Understanding
Thinking
Level 1
-demonstrates
limited
understanding of
invasive species and
their impact on
ecosystems
-uses planning and
creative skills with
limited effectiveness
Level 2
-demonstrates some
understanding
invasive species and
their impact on
ecosystems
Level 3
-demonstrates
considerable
understanding invasive
species and their impact
on ecosystems
Level 4
-demonstrates thorough
understanding of
invasive species and
their impact on
ecosystems
-uses planning and
creative skills with
some effectiveness
-uses planning and
creative skills with
considerable
effectiveness
-uses scientific terms and
vocabulary with
considerable
effectiveness
-able to persuade an
audience with
considerable
effectiveness
-applies research and
presentation skills to
unfamiliar contexts with
considerable
effectiveness
-uses planning creative
skills with high degree
of effectiveness
Communication -uses scientific terms
and vocabulary with
limited effectiveness
-able to persuade an
audience with limited
effectiveness
-uses scientific terms
and vocabulary with
some effectiveness
-able to persuade an
audience with some
effectiveness
-applies research and
presentation skills to
unfamiliar contexts
with limited
effectiveness
-applies research and
presentation skills to
unfamiliar contexts
with some
effectiveness
Application
-uses scientific terms
and vocabulary with
high degree of
effectiveness
-able to persuade an
audience with a high
degree of effectiveness
-applies research and
presentation skills to
unfamiliar contexts
with high degree of
effectiveness