Watch. Read. Take action.
Did you know there are more than 20,000 species of bees around the world? 🐝 From tiny fairy bees to lovely, large bumblebees, discover the amazing diversity of wild bees — also called native bees — and the important role they play in ecosystems.
Join bee expert Jess Mullins and a group of young explorers on a wild bee safari in San Diego, California. Along the way, meet different kinds of bees, learn about their life cycle, and discover their role in pollination.
Learn what threats wild bees face, such as habitat fragmentation, and some simple actions you can take to help protect them.
Learning resources
Use videos, comics, and hands-on activities to engage your upper elementary students in community-based interdisciplinary learning about how to be stewards of wild things and wild places in their community.
Comic
- discover the amazing world of wild bees
- learn why bees are important
- visit a school with a cool bee mascot
- learn how to find and identify insects
- learn how to help your local wild bees
Comic designed for letter or A4 paper. For larger text, print on 11 x 17 inch or A3 paper.
Poster
- meet social and solitary bees
- learn about bee anatomy
- discover fun bee facts
- explore the bee life cycle
- size: 11 x 17 inches (or A3)
Lessons
- video and comic teaching guides
- standards-aligned lessons and activities
- for Grades 4–5, with extensions
Continue exploring
Check out more toolkits in this series.
About Wild Guardians
Wild Guardians is a free educational series that connects upper elementary students with nature and inspires them to become stewards of wild things and wild places.
Designed for grades 4–5, each multimedia educational toolkit features a mini-documentary highlighting real Wild Guardians making a difference and a beautifully illustrated comic that explores environmental topics in greater depth.
Learning resources include options for quick activities and standards-aligned lessons. Materials focus on understanding local ecosystems and include solutions-driven thinking for students to act as changemakers in their community.
We hope you enjoy these free learning resources made possible by a grant from the CEK Earth Focus Initiative.
