Bees


Teacher Resources

Lesson Plans and Resources

Teach kids about pollination — a site for teachers.

Tales From the Hive — from PBS.

Information on Honey Bees and Colony Collapse Disorder from the EPA.

Incredible close-up bee photography to share with students.

Here is your Go-To site for all the information you will ever need for your bee unit.

Bee lesson plans from the University of Arizona.

Busy, Busy Bees website — a teacher's guide of lesson ideas, bulletin board ideas, activities, and more.

The Great Plant Escape — try this activity to learn more about plant pollination.

Learn about pollination from the Missouri Botanical Garden.

Facts about honey.

Some great pictures about bees make this an amazing site.

Bee identification chart.

Outdoorplace.org has the history of beekeeping.

Lesson plans on bee pollination from Smithsonian in Your Classroom.

Pollination lesson plans from teacher vision.

Plant life cycle lesson plans for primary and intermediate grades.

Background information on Bumblebees and honeybees from the University of Michigan.

All about honeybee dancing.

Learn more about current efforts to protect bees and how citizen scientists can help.

Videos