Would you rather having biting flies or chocolate? The question may seem absurd, but cocoa trees rely on pollination from biting flies. Viewers come to understand the importance of pollinators to our food supply, flowers, and entire...

Humans have both positive and negative impacts on biodiversity. A video lesson highlights important human impacts on biodiversity through examples and diagrams. The narrator provides insight to the progression of the topic from...

From seed to fruit. Take a look at how apple farmers grow apple trees and manage their orchards. 

Learn the tricks plants use to attract insects and animals in their quest for pollination. A thorough video lesson describes plant adaptations that meet their reproductive needs. From bees to rodents to bats, the narrator describes how...

Bees play a crucial role in pollination. In fact, without bees, a lot of fruits and vegetables would not exist if it weren't for bees. Watch a video that explains and demonstrates how bees pollinate plants.

Worker bees used to disappear at a rate of around 5 percent per year; then in 2006 that number jumped to 30 percent, and, by 2013, it was as high as 50 percent. The video focuses on what is happening to the honey bees. It considers...

Ever wonder why there are so many varieties of apples? Due to a process called cross-pollination, apple breeding has allowed for the creation of many types of apples. Watch a video that explains how apples are given their creative names.

When you think about bats, what comes to mind? Vampires? Rabies? After watching this short video you'll have a whole new appreciation for these terribly misunderstood mammals.

"With the declining numbers of bees, the cost of over 130 fruit and vegetable crops that we rely on for food is going up in price." While scientist Noah Wilson-Rich uses the plight of honey bees as the main focus of his...

Beautiful high-definition video footage by Louie Schwartzberg captures the flights of hummingbirds, butterflies, and bees up close. Fruits ripen with time-lapse photography and flowers bloom as these animals, along with bats, seek food...

Bees are the best! Learn about the life cycle of honey bees, their history, and how important they are to our environment. A professional honey bee keeper describes the metamorphosis, hive construction, and life cycle of the bee. A very...

Filmed like a teaser trailer for a dramatic movie, this clip showcases the adaptations of pollination and bees. Lady Bee flies from flower to flower while intermittent descriptions of her actions are highlighted. This is very cute.

Hone in on the honeybee and learn how you can help these important pollinators from going extinct. Honeybees play an important role in plant growth; encourage your young biologists and environmentalists to see the significance of these...

Investigate plant pollen dispersal methods through a forensic science investigation. In addition, students learn to communicate their investigation results to non-scientific audiences. [28:01]

This web-article is about the blooming of the Titan Arum, also known as the 'corpse flower' because of its smell. Read all about the flower and see pictures of the unusual plant.

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. [4:47]

Students perform controlled experiments to identify effective materials and methods for picking up and dropping off pollen. [10:41]

Students perform controlled experiments to identify effective materials and methods for picking up and dropping off pollen. [12:49]

Students apply their knowledge of materials, the pollination system, and agricultural engineering as they imagine, plan, create, test, and improve their own hand pollinators.

Students perform controlled experiments to identify effective materials and methods for picking up and dropping off pollen. [9:12]

A storybook introduces the engineering challenge and context. In this story, Mariana, a girl from the Dominican Republic, learns about agricultural engineering as she designs a hand pollinator to use in her garden. [7:49]

Students apply their knowledge of materials, the pollination system, and agricultural engineering as they imagine, plan, create, test, and improve their own hand pollinators.

This resource provides information about honey bees.

This flower smells like rotting flesh - and it's managed to trick a large mammal into spreading its seeds around the globe. [3:41]