Starting out

Do a 1 page double-spaced report on the species listed for your computer number.(Your computer number is the number of the invasive species you are to research for your report.) For the title, use the name of your invasive species with a font no larger than 16pt Times New Roman, and place your name immediately below the title. For the body of the paper use Times New Roman Font no larger than 12pt. A photograph or image may be included but must not take up more than 1/4 of the typing area. Margins must be set at 1". Cite your sources using Times New Roman 12 pt. font. DO NOT PLAGIARIZE. You may use sources other than the information provided by the Indiana DNR in order to gather the information you need for your research except for Wikipedia, as long as you cite your sources. Wikipedia is a good source to get started, as it has lots of links to other websites with information, but do not use it as the source of your information. Example:

Sample report format

***You MUST include the following: preferred habitat, characteristics and description, Common name, scientific name, distribution, Life cycle biology, history (how it got here), dispersal/how it spreads, risk/impact/effect, and management/prevention methodology. Also include whether it has been found in Indiana, and identify the characteristics it exhibits which enable it to be classified as an invasive species.

The Resource Link to the Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) follows the list.

1) Alewife
2) Asian Clam
3) Bighead Carp
4) Black Carp
5) Blue-Green Algae
6) Brazilian Elodea
7) Channeled Apple Snail
8) Chinese Mystery Snail
9) Silver Carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix)
10) Common/Giant Reed
11) Curlyleaf Pondweed
12) Emerald Ash Borer
13) Eurasian Watermilfoil
14) Hydrilla
15) Purple Loosestrife
16) Kudzu
17) Reed Canary Grass
18) Common/Giant Reed (phragmites)
19) Zebra Mussel
20) Gypsy Moth
21) Pine Shoot Beetle
22) Asian Long Horned Beetle
23) Giant African Land Snail (Achatina fulica)
24) Feral Hog (Sus scrofa)
25) Water Hyacinth (anchored: Eichhornia azurea)
26) Yellow Floating Heart (Nymophoides peltata)
27) Rusty Crayfish (Orconectes rusticus)
28) New Zealand mudsnail (Potamopyrgus antipodarum)
29) Fishhook water fleas (Cercopagis pengoi)
30) Heterosporis parasite (aquatic pathogen - Heterosporis spp.)
31) Thousand Canker Disease
32) Whirling disease (Myxobolus cerebralis) (an aquatic disease)

Indiana DNR Invasive Species Resource List

Read the "Protect Your Waters" website from the DNR Invasive Species page using the following link:

Protect Your Waters

Be prepared to discuss the possible effects on Indiana.
Quiz over the following links on Friday:

The Threat

Prevention

What Can You Do?

The 4 links under "Simple Preventative Procedures

The 10 links under "Aquatic Hitchhikers Can:"

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