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Educator Resources | Celebrating Nebraska Pollinators

Curriculum Resources

PBS LearningMedia
Celebrating Nebraska Pollinators Interactive Lessons | Nebraska Public Media
Explore our two interactive pollinator lessons! Prairie Portrait explores a prairie landscape and a bee's anatomy, and Celebrating Nebraska Pollinators explores how bee's process data and gives you a "bee's-eye view" of the world. Photo by Chris Helzer/The Nature Conservancy.
PBS LearningMedia
Exploring Wild Bees | My Garden of a Thousand Bees
Create a mystery-gallery walk and explore wild bees with your students footage from 'My Garden of a Thousand Bees.' Photo by Martin Dohrn.
WWF Wild Classroom
Grasslands of the Northern Great Plains Educator Guide & Activities
The resources in this content pack are designed to encourage learners to explore, analyze and discuss the importance of grassland ecosystems like the Northern Great Plains. Available in English and Spanish.
Nebraska Game & Parks
Wildlife Education
The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission’s Wildlife Education Program is a diverse set of programs designed to provide Nebraskans with science-based information, education and opportunities. Photo courtesy Nebraska Game & Parks Commission.
HHMI Tangled Bank Studios
BioBlitz How-to Materials
A Bioblitz is an exciting and engaging outdoor activity that empowers your community to collect information about your local plant and wildlife. Using handheld devices like mobile phones and tablets – and the community science app iNaturalist – your participants can transform a local park or garden into a living laboratory. Materials available in English and Spanish. (Photo credit: Martin Dohrn)

Additional activity ideas

  • How Plants Grow | Grow a digital garden with NATURE CAT
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  • Creating a “Community” Garden with Your Students..and Nature Cat | PBS Teachers Lounge
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Book Recommendations

Looking for books that will help teach your students about native plants and pollinators? Our pollinators book page has recommendations organized by age group.

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Digging Deeper with Backyard Farmer

Sustainable School Gardens Part 1 | Digging Deeper discusses school gardens with two experts from Lincoln Public Schools. Topics include the types of gardens, how to start a school garden, how to maintain a school garden and what happens if the garden is no longer needed.

Sustainable School Gardens Part 2 | This week's experts discuss the direction of sustainable gardening in Lincoln Public Schools as well as the goals and benefits of the program. They also include examples of successful gardens and what promotes their success.

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