Resources for learning about the important role bees play in pollinating plants, especially those we eat. Includes a student magazine full of information about bees, an interactive pollination chart, and a quiz.

A web site devoted to describing the numerous venomous arachnids that have a medical importance to humans, as well as a description of how these arachnids aid humans.

Read this multimedia article about the disappearance of bee colonies worldwide. Find out why it is crucial to saving this important pollinator from extinction.

Explore the role of pollinators in their ecosystems, develop a written response to one of three questions about the importance of honeybees, gather evidence about Coal Country BeeWorks' efforts to reclaim surface mining sites,.

This WebQuest helps students learn about the importance of honey bees. After gathering information, students will work in groups to create a 2 minute commercial on the importance of the honey bee.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Why is animal communication important? Without it, animals would not be able to live together in groups. Animals that live in groups with other members of their...

The study of biomimicry and sustainable design promises great benefits in design application. It affords means by which to promote cost-effective, resourceful, non-polluting avenues for new enterprise. These "blueprints" have existed...

Flies, fleas, beetles and bees are all insects, and the study of insects is called entomology. Insects are probably the most important group of animals on earth - there may be as many as ten million different types of insect alive today!...

"Animal Studies" is a one page, non-fiction, reading passage about studying the behaviors of animals including the sawfly and the poppy-bee. They learn about animals by observing them. It is followed by constructed-response questions...