How many bees do you need to pollinate cucumbers? How do you maintain the hives? Answers to these questions and more.

[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about honeybees. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

Students will compare the characteristics of the butterbee. Then they will engage in informative writing to share the information.

Fernanda S. Valdovinos explains how intricate pollination networks work and how it can all change from one season to the next. [5:25]

Beehives are made of walls, each of the same size, enclosing small hexagonal cells where honey and pollen are stored and bees are raised. This problem examines some of the mathematical advantages of the hexagonal tiling in a beehive....

Description, distribution, damage done, and control are the topics discussed in this concise, informative site.

Emulate the work of entomologists and explore biodiversity by collecting insects from different sites and keeping records of various populations. Develop a theory about insects and design a way to test it.

Build a simple wind tunnel to help formulate and answer questions about how wind influences animals and plants, and then use it to explore why geese fly in formation and to examine why certain plants do not break in strong winds.

This is a lesson plan for grades 9 - 12. There are worksheets that can be printed out. Each activity and objective is stated.

Use this study guide to get a quick review of the responsibilities of Texas citizenship.

Here you can browse a California newspaper for current information about the state. It offers everything from current headline news to the weather.

This lesson plan will help illustrate how variables can make programs more powerful by allowing values to change while the code is running.

Outstanding site that compliments an insect series on PBS. Interactive presentations include bee anatomy and honeybee hives. Includes interactive puzzles, teacher's guides, and formats for making insect masks.

PBS features this program on orchids, including a short video on how an orchid encourages a bee to carry pollen to another flower. There are 3 articles focusing on the flower's ability to coax insects into pollinating other orchids, new...

As colony collapse disorder continues to attack honeybee hives, a new study shows that a common insecticide interferes with their return flights.

Go on an exciting journey with Beatrice, Emily and Polina and learn about the bee population, climate change and how to care for wildlife. A wonderful tool for independent reading practice or a perfect read-aloud activity. Useful links...

Honeybee

Honeybee

This close up photo shows a bee hovering expertly next to the leaf of a plant.

In this video segment from Nature, scientists work to discover why bees are disappearing. [2:39]

Read about all the work that bees do and why they are so important to humans. Includes audio narration in 15 additional languages with text in English.

A lesson investigating the decreasing population of the US honeybee population. There is a video that explores possible causes and the effect this decrease has on our environment. After the video, the students can test their knowledge...

This resource provides a unique spelling game that displays a picture of an object and the student will type in the correct letter of what the picture represents.

Play this grammar game to learn more about present tense verbs (level 1) and past tense verbs (level 2). Win by choosing the correct verbs to complete fifteen sentences.