Pollinator Lessons & Activities

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Find pollinator-focused lessons and activities for inside and outside the classroom.

Curriculum & Lesson Plans

Nature’s Partners (PDF)
Grades: 3-6
| Comprehensive pollinator curriculum
Six modules plus educator’s guide
Offered by Pollinator Partnership & The Bee Cause Project

Pollinator Learning Center
Grades: Varies | A collection of resources
Offered by Pollinator Partnership

Pollinator Lesson Plan Kit
Grades: K-2, 3-5
Make a Flower, Understanding Pollinator Pairings, Planning a Pollinator Garden
Offered by Kids Gardening

A Curated List of Pollinator Lesson Plans
Grades: 3-8
Exploring the Native Plant World, Plants and Animals: Partners in Pollination, and more
Offered by PollinatorLIVE

Distance Learning

Webcasts & Web Seminars
Grades:
4-8
Nature’s Partners: Pollinators, Plants and People; The Insect Zoo in Your Schoolyard; Honey Bees, Native Bees, Gardening, and more
Offered by PollinatorLIVE

Games & Activities

Pollinator Projects
Grades: Varies

Word games, art-themed activities, and more
Offered by Pollinator Partnership

Monarch Migration Game
Grades: K-2, 3-6

Illustrates the challenges faced by monarchs that migrate to Mexico
Offered by Monarch Joint Venture

X Kids Program
Grades: 3-5 | Activity book
Designed to get kids outside and observing invertebrates
Offered by Xerxes Society for Invertebrate Conservation

Project Hero Pollination Quest
Grades: 3-5
| Project-based learning
Student-designed projects to help pollinators thrive
Offered by Captain Planet Foundation

Pollinator Jeopardy
Grades: K-2, 3-5

Jeopardy-style game lets students show all they’ve learned
Offered by Kids Gardening

Flowers Seeking Pollinators
Grades: 2-7 | Lesson plan
Which flowers are most attractive to different pollinators
Offered by California Academy of Sciences