Curious about Pollinators, Plants and People? Join Wednesday's Electronic Field Trip
A decline in the numbers and health of pollinators such as bees, birds, and butterflies poses a threat to biodiversity, global food webs, and human health.
On April 13 (tomorrow!) students and teachers from around the country who take part in an electronic field trip will learn about pollination, plant-insect interactions and ways to study pollinators. The webcast/broadcast can be watched on the PollinatorLIVE website. PollinatorLIVE is geared to youth in grades 4 to 8.
Wednesday’s free, interactive program will take place at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin, Texas, but classrooms can tune in—in English or in Spanish—no matter where they are located. For a list of system requirements necessary to view the webcast, go to http://pollinatorlive.pwnet.org/program/participate.php.
The program features students from Houston's Stephen F. Austin High School who last year, with the help of a Project Learning Tree GreenWorks! MonarchLIVE grant, teamed with teachers and community members to provide habitat for migrating Monarchs and other important local butterfly species.
Learn more about MonarchLIVE in The Branch Newsletter, and check out this blog post about the recent increase in the number of monarch butterflies migrating from Canada and the U.S. to Mexico.
Stay tuned for a behind-the-scenes account from a U.S. Forest Service guest blogger.
Photo credit: Applegate Elementary School
