In this episode of Things Explained, we look at the importance of pollinators like bees and the important role they play in our daily lives. We also explain the decline in bee population and why this is so alarming.

Click here for an interactive on how pollination works!

What's Happening to All the Bees?

What's Happening to All the Bees?

In this episode of Things Explained, we look at the importance of pollinators like bees and the important role they play in our daily lives. We also explain the decline in bee population and why this is so alarming.

Click here for an interactive on how pollination works!

Science

S1L1

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the basic needs of plants and animals.

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Construct an explanation of an animal's role in dispersing seeds or in the pollination of plants.

S3L1.c

Use evidence to construct an explanation of why some organisms can thrive in one habitat and not in another.

S4L1

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the roles of organisms and the flow of energy within an ecosystem.

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Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for how resource availability, disease, climate, and human activity affect individual organisms, populations, communities, and ecosystems.