PreK, Kindergarten, and Grade 1
• Here come the sunflowers!
A learning activity involving growing flowers in the classroom from USDA ag in the classroom.
• Bee pollination
a “hands on” activity that explores how bees pollinate flowers from littlewarriors blog.
• Plant parts salad from the Captain Planet foundation.
• Learn all about Monarch butterflies with these classroom activities from the US forest service.
• Learn about pollinator gardens and pollinator species with these activities and lesson plans from the Co-evolution institute and pollinators.org
• Learning how to plant a pollinator garden with kidsgardening.org
• Learn the “butterfly dance”. Watch a live stream from a real pollinator garden or brush up on your pollinator info (teachers) with a web seminar. All from pollinator live!
Grades 2-4
• Learn about a pollinator’s journey with classroom activities and a play about migratory bats and butterflies from the National Wildlife Federation.
• Pollinators are the main focus here with this great activity book from the USDA that includes coloring pages, word searches, and mazes.
• Learn all about Monarch butterflies with these classroom activities from the US forest service.
•Flowers and pollination lesson plans and handouts for grades 2-4 from learn NC.
• Learn how to build a butterfly garden in your school from the National Environmental Education week site.
• Learn about the flow of energy in a garden with The Captain Planet Foundation.
Grades4-6
• Explore and understand pollination and flowers with the San Antonio Botanical Garden.
• Watch video content on pollination, plants, and pollinators. All from pollinator live!
• Learn all about Monarch butterflies with these classroom activities from the US forest service.
• Butterflies, bees, and flowers; learn their important botanical and physiological components. An activity with worksheets from the butterfly project NYC.
• Bees, pollination, and fertilization; a lesson plan by k6edu.com.
• Learn about a bee’s life and honey production from The honey files.
• Listen to some of these fascinating podcasts from a series focused on pollination by the US Fish and Wildlife Services. Subjects include monarch migration, building a pollination garden, native bees, and endangered butterflies and plants.
• Lesson plans such as “wildlife zone” and “Learn things:pollination” are provided by Tennessee curriculum.