The World Wildlife Fund has tool kits teachers and students can download, and attend a virtual classroom on “Being There for the Bees.”
Conservation in the Classroom (Virtual Learning):
Bring conservation and science to life with virtual events featuring WWF experts, who share stories about protecting species and habitats around the world.
Learn how to sign up for these virtual classroom presentations HERE
Livestream: Wednesday, Apr. 15th, 11:00-11:45 am EST
The Enormous Ocean: Plentiful or Plundered?
Michele Kuruc
Vice President, WWF Marine Policy
The ocean covers almost ¾ of our planet, but is it healthy? Join Michele as she takes a closer look at how human pressures are damaging much of the beauty and value that our oceans hold. She’ll explore how threats like noise pollution and unsustainable fishing practices are impacting the ocean’s inhabitants—including whales, sea turtles, fish, and coral—and what you can do to help.
Targeted grade level: 6-10
Livestream: Tuesday, Apr. 21st, 1:00-1:45 pm EST
Being there for the Bees
Clay Bolt
Communications Lead, WWF Northern Great Plains Program
We are all familiar with honey bees, but did you know that North America is also home to approximately 4,000 species of native bees? Clay Bolt is a wildlife photographer who has dedicated the past seven years to photographing and protecting bees. Join him as he shares some of the amazing facts about bees, photos and fun stories about their behavior, and tells you how he helped to protect the first species of North American bee—the rusty-patched bumble bee—under the Endangered Species Act in 2017, and rediscovered the world’s largest bee in Indonesian rainforest in 2019.
Targeted grade level: 2-6
Learn how to sign up for these virtual classroom presentations HERE
LEAD for Pollinators is pleased to share these teaching tools by the World Wildlife Fund to learn about and explore our world from home. It is important to keep young and old minds engaged in the world around us.
If you know a parent, caregiver, or educator who can use these activities, please forward the link to this blog post. Together we can inspire the next generation.
