As part of our continued commitment to education, the team at The Bee Cause Project has created this companion document, Educator’s Curriculum Guide, to supplement the Nature’s Partners curriculum.Our Tips from the Hive are designed to add layers of concept extensions, optional digital methods of delivering content, and support to educators that are either brand new or experienced environmental educators. The Buzz Worthy Resource Materials are video links, notable articles, and more printable resources, while the Bee Cause Book Club highlights recommended readings for students of all ages. Several titles have quality read-aloud links as well.

Michael is feeling all alone in a new city and new school until Jesse, a fellow student introduced him to the school garden! Working with new friends, exploring tastes, harvesting vegetables, nicknaminginsects, and solving garden riddles are just a few of the ways that the school garden helps Michael feel like he is growing roots. This Found Poetry style picture book is perfect for introducing a uniquemodern style of poetry while incorporating history, cooking, word study, and a love for the outdoor classroom.Grade Level: 2nd-5thLexile Level: Not availableGuided Reading Level: Not availableGenre: Fiction, poetry

This online article, from Biodiversity Counts, offers insight into how plants interact with arthropods. It has: an explanation of the difference between detrimental and mutually beneficial relationships; some of the chemical and mechanical modifications plants have made to attract helpful arthropods and fend off harmful ones; a detailed overview of pollination, with descriptions of seven common pollination syndromes; a detailed overview of plant defense mechanisms; and a series of questions students can ask when they see an arthropod on a plant in order to learn more about how the two are interacting.

This article assembles free resources from the Polar Plants issue of the Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears cyberzine into a unit outline based on the 5E learning cycle framework. Outlines are provided for Grades K-2 and 3-5.

Students are asked to explain the relationship between a bee and a flower. ***Access to Teacher's Domain content now requires free login to PBS Learning Media.

This lesson focuses on the process of pollination. The learning objectives include learning the anatomy and physiology of flowers, the ecology of pollination, and a focus on plants as essential players in the natural world. There are no prerequisites for the lesson. The lesson will take 1½ hours, or 2 class periods or more -- depending on the areas teachers want to spend more time on or how far in depth they want their students to go. Materials needed are colored modeling clay, 8 or more assorted fresh flowers or pictures of flowers, preferably native to the local ecosystem. Dissecting microscopes or magnifying glasses are great for examining the fresh flowers, but not necessary. Additionally, pictures of different subjects/objects amongst plants are needed for the last activity. Activities for the breaks include assessing student knowledge of flowers by model building, and examining flowers to determine and distinguish between the pollination anatomy of different flowers.

This Educator's Guide provides a unique seed experiment utilizing the materials in the 4-H Honey Bee Project tool kit. 

This video segment from Kentucky Life describes how scientists control pollination of one of the few remaining American chestnut trees to develop blight resistant trees.

Charleston County School District Nutrition Services and the Green Heart Project are excited to be partnering this year for Harvest of the Month. November 2020 is the Great Sweet Potato Harvest! Nothing tops these sweet potatoes better than some Bee Cause Project honey! Enjoy!

This Book Club Challenge Guide will help Cloverbuds explore the book The Life and Times of the Honeybee by Charles Micucci with pre-reading and post-reading discussion questions, lots of hands-on activities including a Lifecycle of a Honey Bee figures activity, and much more! 

power point presentation of seed development and maturation
Seed Germination

An amazing musical and educational adventure podcast for the whole family! Original songs and stories by Julie Frost and Mike Dombrow.

Introduce your students to the health benefits of sweet potatoes with Charleston County School District Nutrition Services, the Green Heart Project, and The Bee Cause Project with this flier and worksheet.

Why do bees swarm? Do bees really dance? What is a pollen basket? Educators will have theirhives buzzing with excitement about these interactive learning experiences from The Sweet VirginiaFoundation. These five lessons offer students an opportunity to explore the wonder of the honey beefrom any classroom! With games, activities, readings, and extensions, these lessons are an excellentresource for any educator who is passionate about pollinator education. Dive right into these amazinglessons and let the learning begin! This Educator's Guide provides video links and book suggestions to boost your lesson planning for face-to-face and distance learning! 

This unique book is a love letter written as a poem from the author, Shabazz Larkin, to his two sons. This artist, author, and activist is learning to overcome his fear of our most amazing pollinators --bees! With careful research and experiences with his sons, Larkin is learning to be fearless and wants to teach kids to be brave when facing their fears.Lexile Level: Not availableGuided Reading Level: Not availableGenre: FictionPre-Reading

Learn how important the honey bee's body structure is to survival in the hive.What if there were no bees? How would it affect our grassland animals? How would it affect humans? This learning module offers insight into the problems that countless animals and plants face with the potential loss of the bees. Discover just how important this tiny species is to the food web of this ecosystem.This module could be incorporated into a larger environmental science module.This lesson includes learning objectives, material and resource lists, background information, activities,  videos, writing assignments, a game, assessments, and support documents. See the Educator's Guide for more video links and recommended readings. Remix of: 1.Create a Bee Hummer, Science Snacks Exploratorium 2. What If There Were No Bees? A Bee Cause Project 3. Hive Alive! Bee Bodies

In this webinar, we discuss how to build and grow a Bee Club for your school or organization. Special guest, Beth McCarty, is an educator and Bee Grant recipient who grew her school's Bee Club from the science lab observation hive to a campus-wide effort run through their Bee Club to learn alongside the bees.McCarty's school, Ashley Hall, is located in Downtown Charleston, South Carolina, so her experience is not only in urban beekeeping, but also deals with developing bee clubs over several grade levels. She shows us how to get creative, adapt to different learning levels, and how taking kids into a hive isn't the most important item on the Bee Club to-do list!Find educator lesson plans, resources, and more information about the Bee Cause Project grant opportunities at www.thebeecause.org!This webinar was offered in partnership with our friends at the Whole Kids Foundation.

Looking for community resources to support your Bee Program? Join guest speaker Clemson Extension School & Community Gardening Coordinator, Amy Dabbs, for ideas on how to tap into local and national partners poised to support your pollinator education program. The topics discussed will specifically pertain to those who are interested in, or currently participate in an educational Bee and/or Pollinator program. The presentation offered in partnership between The Bee Cause Project and the Whole Kids Foundation.

If you want to learn how to build a strong foundation for your Bee Program, we’ve got you covered!Our most successful programs begin with layers of lessons, curricula, and labs to foster the excitement and love of learning about the honey bee and other pollinators. We share exactly How to Grow Your Pollinator Education Program! With or without live bees on your campus, we will help to grow a community around your buzzworthy educational endeavors!

What if there were no bees? How would it affect our grassland animals? How would it affect humans? This book offers insight into the problems that countless animals and plants face with the potential loss of the bees. Discover just how important this tiny species is to the food web of this ecosystem.Grade Level: 3rd-5thLexile Level: 890LGuided Reading Level: NGenre: Nonfiction