Xerces Links

Links:
Education

In addition to the resources listed here, go back to the main Links page and peruse the listings for each subject (e.g., aquatic, pollinator).

Bumble Boosters, a project of University of Nebraska, Lincoln: bumble bee biology, an interactive identification key, and education activities for high school students bumbleboosters.unl.edu/

Bee Eye: a simulation of how a bee sees cvs.anu.edu.au/andy/beye/beyehome.html

Canadian Biodiversity Institute: ways to create habitat in school grounds www.schoolgrounds.ca/schoolgrounds/home.html

The Center For Insect Science Educational Outreach - University of Arizona

Colorado State University: educational ideas and inexpensive ways to make collecting nets and other field equipment lamar.colostate.edu/~gec/4Hman/contents.htm

Discover Life: resources to help study wildlife, including keys to identify bumble bees and some butterflies www.discoverlife.org

Entomology Index of Internet Resources - Iowa State

Green Teacher/Green Brick Road: environmental education resources on the web weblinks.schoolsgogreen.org/links/weblinks_schlgrnd/

Insect Safari: activities and lesson plans for grades K-5 www.insectsafari.com

Insect World: information on all sorts of pollinators www.earthlife.net/insects

Journey North: a project that provides information on migrating wildlife, including monarch butterflies; you can contribute to the seasonal tracking program www.learner.org/jnorth/

Northern Prairies Wildlife Resource Center: photographic guides to butterfly and moth identification, listed state by state, plus biology notes on each species
butterflies: www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/lepid/bflyusa/bflyusa.htm
moths: www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/lepid/moths/mothsusa.htm

Project Insect: an artistic and educational collaboration of Jessa and James Heubing-Reitinger. This traveling exhibit offers America's largest scientific illustrations, live performances, and education about the importance of conserving invertebrates. Visit http://www.projectinsect.com/home.htm.

Smithsonian Institution: pollination lesson plans for grades 4-9 educate.si.edu/resources/lessons/siyc/pollen/start.html

Wild Ones: Native Plants, Native Landscapes, a nonprofit environmental education and advocacy organization that promotes environmentally sound landscaping practices to preserve biodiversity through the preservation, restoration, and establishment of native plant communities.

United States Listed Endangered Invertebrates

Young Entomological Society

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