Goals and Objectives

The goal of PollinatorLIVE: A Distance Learning Adventure is to meet national science education standards and promote conservation action through education and awareness. The objectives are as follows:

  • Increase understanding of pollinators and their importance.
  • Understand the partnership between plants and pollinators.
  • Understand the characteristics of pollinators that make them uniquely suited to the task of pollination.
  • Encourage schools and classrooms to take action to help pollinators by developing pollinator gardens and schoolyard habitats.
  • Increase participation in and understanding of citizen science programs related to plants and their pollination.
  • Learn the importance of being a good steward.
  • Understand the role of citizens, public land management agencies, and non-governmental organizations in protecting and conserving habitat.