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DIY Pollinator Garden Box Instructions
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Congratulations! You are about to improve pollinator habitats in your own space! Did you know that pollinators are responsible for one in three bites of food that you eat? Bees, hummingbirds, butterflies, beetles, and flies, to name a few, are responsible for so many delicious foods we enjoy. From chocolate and coffee to apples and watermelons, we need these vital creatures to pollinate 80% of all flowering species and 35% of the world’s crops! And you can do your part to help the pollinators with a few simple steps. View Resource to learn more! 

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Education
Environmental Science
Environmental Studies
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Teaching/Learning Strategy
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The Bee Cause Project
Date Added:
06/28/2021
Digital Bee Hive Virtual Field Trip Video
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Did you know that honey bees dance? Or that they build their homes out of perfectly formed honeycomb? The Digital Hive Experience was created to educate about the inside of a beehive and our friends, the honey bees. Pair the Digital Hive Video with the companion Educator’s Guide! Included are a lesson plan mapped to the Common Core and NGSS, pre and post-assessments, discussion questions, and a KWL Chart for your students! Perfect for a classroom introduction or for programs that may not have live bees, we hope you enjoy your journey into the hive!

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Biology
Education
Elementary Education
Environmental Science
Environmental Studies
Life Science
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The Bee Cause Project
Date Added:
01/05/2021
Education Resource Library
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In the Education Resource Library, you will find a variety of tools to help your students learn about environmental issues and how to make a change in their communities! Use our beginner, intermediate, and advanced activities on insects to learn about bee behavior, habitat, and pollination. These fun and engaging activities will build students’ understanding of bees and help them protect them at school or at home. Feel free to use these activities as an introduction to Earth Challenge 2020 or stand-alone during a pollinator lesson.

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Applied Science
Biology
Career and Technical Education
Education
Elementary Education
Environmental Science
Environmental Studies
Life Science
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Lesson Plan
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Earthday.org
The Bee Cause Project
Tami Enright
Date Added:
11/19/2020
Educator's Guide for Q & A Webinar with Author Shabazz Larkin
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Now is the time to teach others what we have learned about bees and their many benefits! And Shabazz Larkin has done just that in his delightful children’s book The Thing About Bees: A Love Letter. In this pre-recorded webinar, we discuss his passion for learning, his process for writing as well as simple things we can all do to save bees in our own backyards!

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Biology
Education
Elementary Education
Environmental Science
Environmental Studies
Life Science
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Activity/Lab
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The Bee Cause Project
Date Added:
03/10/2021
Fabulous Flowers Lesson Plan by Agriculture in the Classroom
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Did you know that broccoli, cauliflower, and artichokes make a lovely bouquet of flowers? The students will examine the functions of flowers and determine that some flowers are edible, even tasty! This K-2nd grade lesson includes background information, vocabulary words, step-by-step procedures, links to other lessons about plants, and plant lifecycle illustrations. 

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Biology
Education
Elementary Education
Environmental Science
Environmental Studies
Life Science
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Activity/Lab
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Author:
The Bee Cause Project
Date Added:
12/23/2020
Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table by Jaqueline Briggs Martin
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Growing up in Maryland, Will Allen hated farming! After a career in professional basketball and working in a “white shirt job,” Will turned his attention to helping a Milwaukee community learn to grow their own food when he rediscovered a passion for working in the dirt. This book will inspire children and teachers to look at every pot or plot of dirt as a place to grow something.Grade Level: 3rd-5thLexile Level: AD630LGuided Reading Level: TGenre: Nonfiction

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Biology
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Elementary Education
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Environmental Studies
Life Science
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The Bee Cause Project
Date Added:
12/17/2020
Farm to Table Virtual Field Trip and Educator's Guide
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Ever wonder how food gets from the farm to the table? The Bee Cause Project has partnered with SC Ag in the Classroom to create this unique roadmap from the farm to a local food hub and finally to the table of a local restaurant. The Educator’s Guide provides Resources, Recommended Reading List, Activities, Discussion Questions, and the full recipe for Basic Kitchen’s Collard Roll with Yuzu Dipping Sauce! The video, The Journey of Food: From the Farm to the Table can be found on The Bee Cause Project YouTube Channel. 

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Education
Elementary Education
Environmental Science
Environmental Studies
Life Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Lesson Plan
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Author:
The Bee Cause Project
Date Added:
02/10/2021
Firefly Watch Community Science Project
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Anyone in North America can join this special community research project to help scientists map fireflies! Ten minutes once a week in your own backyard or field can help scientists understand the numbers and patterns of these unique pollinators. There is a training video and sign up information on the website for you and your students to explore! 

Subject:
Biology
Education
Elementary Education
Environmental Science
Environmental Studies
Life Science
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Interactive
Author:
The Bee Cause Project
Date Added:
12/29/2020
Flower Power Lesson by Agriculture in the Classroom
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Students will observe the physical characteristics of flowers and explore the principles of pollination with this 3rd-5th grade lesson. From Bee Dancing to flower direction, this lesson will engage young minds and explore the miracle of flower reproduction with some amazing little pollinators! 

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Biology
Education
Elementary Education
Environmental Science
Environmental Studies
Life Science
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Activity/Lab
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Author:
The Bee Cause Project
Date Added:
12/23/2020
Flower Power Lesson by Agriculture in the Classroom-"Balancing Act" by LadyDragonflyCC - >;< is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
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Students will observe the physical characteristics of flowers and explore the principles of pollination with this 3rd-5th grade lesson. From Bee Dancing to flower direction, this lesson will engage young minds and explore the miracle of flower reproduction with some amazing little pollinators! Attribution for image used: "Balancing Act" by LadyDragonflyCC - >;< is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

Subject:
Biology
Education
Elementary Education
Environmental Science
Environmental Studies
Life Science
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Lecture Notes
Author:
Jessel Walcott
Date Added:
11/14/2022
Flower Talk: How Plants Use Color to Communicate
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Want to know a secret? Flowers actually ‘talk’ to animals! This beautifully written and illustrated informational text is a delightful way to introduce the symbiotic relationship between plants and pollinators. Full of interesting facts and told from the perspective of a “prickly” cactus, this book will enlighten and entertain your audience.Grade Level: 2nd-5th Lexile Level: 570L Guided Reading Level: Q Genre: Informational Text

Subject:
Biology
Education
Elementary Education
Environmental Science
Environmental Studies
Life Science
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Activity/Lab
Lesson
Lesson Plan
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Author:
The Bee Cause Project
Date Added:
07/12/2021
Garden Planning Worksheet
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Learn how to make a pollinator garden and use the planning worksheet to start planning one for your home or school from Earthday.org!

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Applied Science
Biology
Career and Technical Education
Education
Elementary Education
Environmental Science
Environmental Studies
Life Science
Material Type:
Teaching/Learning Strategy
Author:
Tami Enright
The Bee Cause Project
Earthday.org
Date Added:
11/22/2020
The Great Sunflower Project
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The Great Sunflower Project is a great way to use Citizen Scientist's observations of bees nationwide to create an online map of the bee population with special attention given to sunflower pollinators. Your students can join the thousands of volunteers to gather pollinator information as part of this data collection. With the bee population in decline, students can actively assist in getting to the bottom of the causes of this environmental issue. There is an introductory video provided in English and Spanish by PBS, a Quick Start Guide, maps, opportunities to observe individual data, and loads of other resources to get your students outdoors and counting pollinators!

Subject:
Biology
Education
Elementary Education
Environmental Science
Environmental Studies
Life Science
Material Type:
Interactive
Author:
The Bee Cause Project
Date Added:
12/04/2020
Growing Almonds: Fact or Opinion Lesson by Agriculture in the Classroom
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Bees are incredibly important to the production of almonds! In this 3rd-5th grade lesson, students will learn how almonds go from the farm to the table while distinguishing between facts and opinions about the growing season! This lesson includes background information, vocabulary words, video links, step-by-step procedures, and links to other valuable lessons. 

Subject:
Biology
Education
Elementary Education
Environmental Science
Environmental Studies
Life Science
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Activity/Lab
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Author:
The Bee Cause Project
Date Added:
12/23/2020
Guide to the Digital Bee Hive for Educators
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Did you know that honey bees dance? Or that they build their homes out of perfectly formed honeycomb? The Digital Hive Experience was created to educate about the inside of a beehive and our friends, the honey bees. Pair the Digital Hive Video with the companion Educator’s Guide! Included are a lesson plan mapped to the Common Core and NGSS, pre and post-assessments, discussion questions, and a KWL Chart for your students! Perfect for a classroom introduction or for programs that may not have live bees, we hope you enjoy your journey into the hive!

Subject:
English Language Arts
Life Science
Material Type:
Assessment
Lesson
Author:
Tami Enright
The Bee Cause Project
Date Added:
12/01/2020
Guide to the Digital Bee Hive for Educators
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Did you know that honey bees can dance? Do you know why bees build honeycombs in the shape of a hexagon? Do you know how many eyes honey bees have? Bees live a secret life inside their hive...but NOW we can see what goes on in a live hive. The Bee Cause and its partners are on a mission to inspire children to learn about and protect these precious pollinators. That's why we've created the Digital Bee Hive Experience - to educate our community of learners about this vital ecosystem. 

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Biology
Education
Elementary Education
Environmental Science
Environmental Studies
Life Science
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Activity/Lab
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Author:
The Bee Cause Project
Date Added:
12/03/2020
Hive Alive: Sweet Virginia Foundation Virtual Tour
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This video is designed to highlight the resources and educational tools provided on the Sweet Virginia website. Each of the five lessons has a downloadable, printable document including high-resolution photographs, video suggestions, and original text.  Go to sweetvirginia.org for more information about their programs including the "Ask A Beekeeper" video links. 

Subject:
Biology
Education
Elementary Education
Environmental Science
Environmental Studies
Life Science
Material Type:
Teaching/Learning Strategy
Author:
The Bee Cause Project
Date Added:
12/21/2020
Honey Bees: A Pollination Simulation Lesson by Agriculture in the Classroom
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This lesson from the National Agriculture in the Classroom Matrix is designed to teach students about the parts of honey bees, the stages of the lifecycle, and the role honey bees play in pollination. There are three activities including materials lists, vocabulary words, background connections, support documents, step-by-step procedures, and support videos. 

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Biology
Education
Elementary Education
Environmental Science
Environmental Studies
Life Science
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Author:
The Bee Cause Project
Date Added:
12/22/2020
Honey Harvest Virtual Field Trip Educators Guide
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This Educators Guide provides everything you need to make this virtual field trip a huge success with your students! You will find lists of materials and resources, step-by-step instructions for three complete lessons, journal prompts as well as research topics, supplementary card work, and standards mapping.

Subject:
Applied Science
Environmental Science
Material Type:
Assessment
Lesson Plan
Teaching/Learning Strategy
Author:
Tami Enright
The Bee Cause Project
Date Added:
12/01/2020