The teachers stood between rows of sprouting plants, learning about a quiet war unfolding one summer day in the fields of Clagett Farm in Prince George?s County.
The Colorado potato beetle, an insect with an orange abdomen, was attacking the eggplant crop. This squadron of nine educators was tasked with finding the invaders.
During the school year, they teach classes from kindergarten to high school chemistry. On this day, they gathered to glean some teaching tips that would help county schools comply with a new Maryland standard for every student to graduate with ?environmental literacy.?
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