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

• Why Nothing Matters
• Crayfish!
• Invasives across Maine
• Marine intertidal invasives

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

• 2011 summer institute for educators
• 2011 Belgrade Lakes community workshop

Motivating letters to the editor

• Invasive wreaths need careful disposal, Portland Press Herald
• Invasive wreaths need careful disposal, VS blog

Smart Comics

• Snakehead fish comic
• Rusty crayfish comic
• Purple loosestrife comic
• Garlic mustard comic

Impressive sketches and art

• Dr Nick Record's field sketches 1
• Dr Nick Record's field sketches 2
• Species expert SuperStar's 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?

Other awesome projects

• Twenty-Two Species Cards by King Middle School Students
• Timeline of a VS investigation
• Japanese knotweed rap