Although the gypsy moth defoliates over 2 million trees annually, it can serve as an extremely valuable tool for promoting environmental awareness. The gypsy moth can illustrate insect life cycles, sexual dimorphism, scent attraction, many stimulus response experiments, evolution, natural controls, and pesticide uses and dangers. (SB)

Farms have great potential as environmental education tools; farms provide broad and varied educational resources which facilitate teaching children the interrelationships between man and the land. (SB)