Compiled by the NAPPC education working group.
| Curricula | ||
| Nature’s Partners: A Comprehensive Pollinator Curriculum for Grades 3-6 | This is for informal and formal learners. You can use entire curriculum or pieces, free! | |
| Bee Smart School Garden Kit | This kit guides students in grades 3 to 6 through a discovery process that increases their understanding in science, math, and language arts by connecting them to plants, pollinators, food, and potentially – gardens. | |
| Lesson Plans and Activities | ||
| Pollinator Friendly Meal Ideas
http://pollinator.org/Resources/Pollinator Recipes 4 6 07 AZ.pdf |
A full menu from appetizers to desserts and cocktails using pollinated food and ingredients. | |
| Pollinator Activity Book | Bee Pollen Popular! Downloadable USDA activity book with coloring pages and games about pollinators. | |
| Pollinator Partnership’s Pollinator Gardening Lesson
http://pollinator.org/PDFs/Gardens%20Curriculum%202010–%20one%20doc.pdf |
This is a supplemental curriculum packet for grades k-12 that enriches classroom education through butterfly and pollinator gardens. It includes exercises to expand on and enforce what students have learned about butterfly and pollinator gardens, pollinators, other insects, their relatives and biodiversity. | |
| Discovery Education Pollination Idea- Butterflies Lesson Plans
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/programs/tlc-butterflies/ |
For grades K-5. Students will: 1) Understand the pollination process and show examples of bee pollination on specific plants; 2) Understand the interdependence between insects, plants, and humans; 3) Understand that insects can have a negative impact on their ecosystem. | |
| Discovery Education Pollination Idea- Plant Pollination Lesson Plans
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/programs/plantpollination/ |
For grades 6-8. Students will: 1) Identify the different parts of a flower and understand their functions; and 2) Understand the importance of pollen for plant reproduction and diversity. | |
| PBS Pick the Pollinator Game | In this game, match seven plants with their pollinators and learn why flowering plants have come to dominate the botanical world. | |
| Resources for Educators | ||
| North American Pollinator Protection Campaign Brochures | Link to a selection of pollinator brochures that you can download for free or order printed copies for only the cost of shipping and handling ($7). | |
| Measuring Results: Executive Summary or Full Version
http://pollinator.org/Resources/Metrics Executive Summary.pdf |
“Measuring Results” examines the ways those who work within and outside of environemental education have approached the challenge of effecting and measuring individual behavior change. | |
| Pollinator Syndromes | One page fact sheet outlining plant characteristics and associated pollinators. | |
| Bee Identification Guides | Identification guides for Arizona, Montana and Ohio; free PDF download. | |
| Fish and Wildlife Service Pollinator Portal | http://www.fws.gov/pollinators/ | |
| Celebrating Wildflowers – U.S. Forest Service | US Forest Service Wildlfower resource page including: wildflower of the week, wildflower news, viewing areas and more! | |
| Our Future Flies on the Wings of Pollinators – US Forest Service | US Forest Service Pollinator resource page including: pollinator of the month, pollinator spotlights, and more! | |
| Pollinator Partnership Posters for the Classroom | Link to Posters and other printed pollinator materials. Posters are free but Pollinator Partnership does ask that you pay shipping and handling. | |
| National Academies Resources on Pollinators | This site includes pollinator related facts, activities and teacher resources from the National Academy of Sciences | |
| Pollinator Live | Find a series of live interactive webcasts, satellite field trips, and web seminars about pollinators, gardening, and conservation. PollinatorLIVE is geared to grades 4 to 8. | |
| List of Pollinated Foods | An introductory list of food plants and their pollinators. | |
| NAPPC fact sheet about chocolate and its pollinators. | ||