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:

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/

Florida Roadside Wildflowers programs and regulations

Article on Economic and Ecological Benefits of Roadside Plantings 

Link to Seedlings for Schools grants from Florida Wildflower Foundation

Decision-making Lesson

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 

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