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Sustainability Superheroes Investigate the Birds, Bees, Flowers, and Trees

  1. Standards (basic standards connections)
  2. Standards and Lesson Links (for K-12 science)
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The Bee Free Bar-bee-que Activity:
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Original Bee-free bar-bee-que lesson from Smithsonian

  1. Here is our adapted Bee-Free Barbeque Lesson 
  2. No Bees, No Food article
  3. Here are some websites that contain lists of food pollinated by bees: 
  • https://honeylove.org/list-of-food/
  • https://bees.techno-science.ca/english/bees/pollination/food-depends-on-bees.php
  • https://pollinator.org/list-of-pollinated-food​​​​


https://wetheeconomy.com/films/a-bees-invoice-the-hidden-value-in-nature/ 
 https://www.storylineonline.net/books/please-please-bees/
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Florida Roadside Wildflowers programs and regulations
Article on Economic and Ecological Benefits of Roadside Plantings 
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Link to Seedlings for Schools grants from Florida Wildflower Foundation

Decision-making Lesson

Image of a decision making chart for activity: Which flowers should we choose to provide constant food for bees?
Resources
  • Picking wildflowers lesson plan with standards
  • Article on sustainable gardening 
  • Gardening LTIs​
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Link to Florida Wildflowers Foundation Resources

More online resources
  • MEA Lesson on Pollinators 
  • Bloom Map from Florida Wildflowers 
  • View IFAS Wildflowers guide online  or order copies.
  • IFAS perfect plants for pollinators 
  • EPA.gov Pollinator Protection​
  • USDA on pollination​
  • Bees use multiple cues in their hunt for pollen
  • What are pollinators and why do we need them?​

The Mystery of the Missing Bees . . .

Link toTEDEDhttps://ed.ted.com/featured/dnJLG0DA 
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Human Impact Texts:
  1. Why are bees vanishing? Science news for students
  2. Einstein and the Bees article Forbes
  3. Europe urged to expand pesticide ban article
  4. ​France's ban on bee-killing pesticides
  5. New pesticide may harm bees as much as pesticide it replaced
  6. Pesticide poisoning stops bees from finding flowers
  7. ​Nat Geo Insect Apocalypse 
  8. Nat Geo: Widely Used Pesticide Makes Birds Lose Weight
  9. NPR: Pesticides Harming Bees But Not Everywhere 
  10. Canada Bans Neonics CBC radio

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  • Home
  • About
  • Blog
  • Resources
    • Resources from Workshops >
      • GLOBAL LITERACY: INDUSTRIES, INNOVATION, AND INFRASTRUCTURE
      • Buy The Change You Want to See
      • Save the Ocean
      • America Recycles Day
      • Ask the Right Questions
      • Birds, Bees, Flowers, Trees
      • Circular Economy
      • SDG 101
      • Earth Day Every Day >
        • Text Sets K-2
        • Text Sets 3-5
      • Energy
      • Frozen
      • Garbage Solutions
      • Gardening
      • In Kindergarten >
        • In Kindergarten Bees
        • In Kindergarten with Peter Rabbit
        • In Kindergarten with the Lorax
      • Rethink Tank
      • In the Shark Tank >
        • Business Model Canvas >
          • Ideation
          • Value Proposition >
            • Customer Segments
            • Value + Customer Testing
            • Channels
            • Customer Relationships
          • Revenue
          • Costs >
            • Key Resources
            • Key Activities
            • Key Partners
      • Industrial Revolutions
      • Meet the Lorax
      • Practice Sustainable Manufacturing
      • Secondary Science
      • Solve Problems and Make Decisions
      • Use Design Thinking
      • Use Text Sets >
        • Text Sets At-risk Turtles
        • Text Sets Adopt a Road
        • Text Sets Recycle
      • Sustainable Development Goals >
        • SDG Ask the Right Questions
        • Good Life Goals
      • Toy Story: Trash to Treasure
      • Use the Arts to Inspire Change
      • Waste Not Want Not >
        • Waste Not Food Waste Lessons and Websites
        • Waste Not Composting Resources
      • Water
    • Decision Making >
      • Nearpod Lessons Part 1
      • DecisionMaking2
      • DecisionMaking3
      • DecisionMaking4
      • DecisionMaking5
      • DecisionMaking6
      • Peter Rabbit Decisionomics
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