Resources for Teachers

• United Nation's Biological Diversity in Food and Agriculture 
• Butterflies of Canada  
• The Moths of Canada 
• Guide d'identification d'insectes du Quebec 
• The Canadian Biodiversity Website 
• Environment Canada's Species at Risk website offers information about rare plants and insects such as the golden paintbrush, eastern prickly pear cactus, coastal Scouler's catchfly, red mulberry, dense-flowered lupine, pitcher's thistle and Mormon metalmark
• The Don't Get Stung website and pamphlet
• Information on seed-bearing plants 
• Bob Gibbons book, The Secret Life of Flowers: A Guide to Plant Biology (Blandford, 1990)

• Pollinator-Friendly Practices
• CWF's Wild About Gardening for habitat action tips
• CWF's webisodes on pollination 
• Pollination Canada's (joint venture of Seeds of Diversity Canada and Environment Canada's Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Network) pollinator monitoring project

• North American Pollinator Protection Campaign's curriculum on pollinators for grades 3 to 6
• Smithsonian Education lesson plans on pollination
• United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service has numerous activities and fact sheets for educators

• Bug Guide: photos of pollinators

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