Creative projects
Here's a glimpse of the incredible projects published to the Project Bank. Check them out. Get creative. Add another!
Great Creative Kid Invasion Contest entries, spring 2013


- How to find a species ID card and map it (Lam)
- Galerucella vs. Purple Loosestrife (ccharest)
- Loosestrife Newscast (62jw5)
- Let's find a species! (bignatethegreat)
- How to use iMovie (Kheang)
- How to take a photograph of beach rose (hlefebvre)
- The Asian Lady Beetle Book (SJReis)
- How to do a scientific drawing (Hodskins)
- How to identify a species! (SamanthaMae23)
- Super Beetle vs. Purple Loosestrife (72jg7)
- Lady Slipper (blodgett34)
- How to take notes on species(dlavallee)
- How to draw a coyote (42kd)
- Emerald Ash Borer essay (Singin4Lyf)
- How to take a scientific photo (ekbelanger)
- How to identify a species using an ID card (jillnetics)
- New England Cottontail ID Card (42lw2)
- And so many more... Visit the Project Bank to see them all!
Great videos by students
- 5th and 6th grade students show us how to do a random sample - the right way!
- Two brave students go on a hunt for Sasquatch
- A Fashion Show: Vital Signs style
- Dedham looks for didymo
- Health of the Penobscot River
- DUCK! Equipment for VS freshwater investigations
- South Portland does Japanese knotweed 1
- South Portland does Japanese knotweed 2
- South Portland does Japanese knotweed 3
Useful videos by scientists
Best videos by educators & others
- Invasive variable watermilfoil in Maine from 1970-2012!
- If we ask great questions
- Mackworth Island Day
Public Service Announcements
- VS Tools of the Trade
- Have yourself a Bittersweet free xmas
- Go for it! Do Vital Signs!
- Bullies versus benefactors
Fun VS Institute videos
Motivating letters to the editor
- Invasive wreaths need careful disposal, Portland Press Herald
- Invasive wreaths need careful disposal, VS blog
Smart Comics
Impressive sketches and art
Community blog posts and blogs
- Vital Signs blog
- Student drivers, watch out"
- Kelly Fitz Randolph, Freeport
- Jamien Jacobs, Falmouth
- Rhonda Tate, Dedham
- Lisa Meyer, South Portland
Science Notebooks
- Is this a field full of purple loosestrife in Grand Isle
- Are there invasive species way up here in northern Maine?