Check out these videos for use in your classroom:
Many web sites about pollinators have extensive lists of resources. Check out the following:
BugGuide
http://bugguide.net/node/view/15740
This web site is a terrific resource for identifying bugs. BugGuide was developed by online community of naturalists who enjoy learning about and sharing their observations of insects, spiders, and other related creatures. They enjoy the opportunity to instill in others the fascination and appreciation that we share for the intricate lives of these oft-maligned creatures. For information about bees, go to http://bugguide.net/node/view/84.
Monarch Joint Venture
http://www.monarchjointventure.org/
The Monarch Joint Venture is a partnership of federal and state agencies, non-governmental organizations, and academic programs that are working together to support and coordinate efforts to protect the monarch migration across the lower 48 United States. This web site has information about: habitat conservation and enhancement; education; and research and monitoring.
National Agricultural Library (USDA)
http://riley.nal.usda.gov/nal_display/index.php?info_center=8&tax_level=2&tax_subject=7&level3_id=0&level4_id=0&level5_id=0
This page includes the major links about pollinators.
National Biological Information Infrastructure
http://pollinators.nbii.gov/portal/community/Communities/Ecological_Topics/Pollinators/Educational_Resources/
This web site has an extensive list of lesson plans and resources from “Africanized Honey Bees on the Move” to “Zoom Butterflies.” There are many activities in which a classroom can engage to learn about pollinators and, at the same time, to aid in their conservation. Try starting a pollinator garden, building bat houses or bee nest boxes, or teach a lesson about how pollinators benefit agriculture and biodiversity. Follow the tips to the right to create a classroom pollinator garden or see "Creating a Pollinator Garden Classroom Project" (National Gardening Association).
National Honey Board
http://www.honey.com/nhb/home/
The National Honey Board is a federal research and promotion board under USDA oversight that conducts research, marketing and promotion programs to help maintain and expand markets for honey and honey products. The web site has recipes featuring honey as well as information about the many benefits of honey.
Nature’s Partners: Pollinators, Plants and You (North American Pollinator Protection Campaign)
http://www.nappc.org/curriculum/resources.php
Here is a list of links, as well as books for youth.
Our Future Flies on the Wings of Pollinators (U.S. Forest Service)
http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/pollinators/index.shtml
There are abundant resources about pollination and pollinators, as well as a page of links at http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/links.shtml.
Partners for Sustainable Pollination
http://pfspbees.org/
Pollinators (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
http://www.fws.gov/Pollinators/Index.html
This web site features pollinators, threats, activities, information about how to help pollinators, as well as an extensive page of links at http://www.fws.gov/Pollinators/PollinatorPages/Links.html. There is also a PowerPoint Presentation entitled “The Birds, The Bees and The Beetles” recommended for use with school groups, nature centers, 4-H, etc. at http://www.fws.gov/Pollinators/PollinatorPages/Outreach.html. For more information about the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's interest in pollinators, go to http://www.fws.gov/Pollinators/pdfs/PollinatorNew030508.pdf.
Pollinator of the Month (U.S. Forest Service)
http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/pollinators/pollinator-of-the-month/index.shtml
Pollinator of the Month will highlight the interdependency of certain species of native North American wildflowers and their animal pollinators. Most plants have a flower morphology, color, blooming period, and/or scent that will attract a particular type of pollinator to reap its food rewards of nectar and pollen.
Xerces Society for Invertabrate Conservation
http://www.xerces.org/educational-resources/
The Xerces Society web site includes links for online curricula, citizen monitoring, and other web sites.
Bug Chicks
http://www.wix.com/Solpugid/Solpugid-Productions-Insect-Curriculum
Kristie Reddick and Jessica Honaker are The Bug Chicks! They have masters degrees in entomology and want everyone to learn about the awesome world of bugs. Check out their fun videos.
Wildwood Forest Honey
http://www.wildwoodforesthoney.com/beehive_webcam.htm
Watch live streaming video of a honeybee hive. Also, watch some archived video including workers feeding the queen, the queen laying eggs, and more at http://www.wildwoodforesthoney.com/beehive_webcam.htm#archives.
First Bloom
http://firstbloom.nationalparks.org/
Click on the Natural World to play games. For a game about pollinators, click on “To Pollinate or To Eat?” Some animals eat plants and some pollinate them. Bees pollinate plants when they fly from flower to flower spreading pollen. When the game starts, students have 30 seconds to decide whether the animals eat plants or pollinate them.
The Great Plant Escape
http://urbanext.illinois.edu/gpe/tg/index.html
Each of the lessons in this program is interdisciplinary, designed to introduce fourth through fifth grade students to plant science, and increase their understanding of how foods grow. Activities enhance student's math, science, language arts, social studies, music and art. You have many options in this program. Choose any or all of the suggested activities for your class. Many activities are for students to work independently and some are for group work.
Pick the Pollinator
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/flower/pollinator.html
This web site provides an Interactive exercise in which students can match pollinators to plants. Flowering plants represent about one-sixth of all Earth's known living life-forms and are important to the survival of most other species. But how did these immobile organisms manage to spread so far? One answer is pollination, or plant sexual reproduction. Pollination – typically from animals, wind, and water – carry pollen from one flower to another, where fertilization takes place. In this game, students can match seven plants with their pollinators and learn some of the reasons why flowering plants have come to dominate the botanical world.