By simply donating $150 or more to the Pollinator Partnership a Bee Smart School Garden Kit will be donated to help a school grow a bee-friendly garden as a living classroom-- a hands-on way for kids to learn the importance of bees in our ecosystem and spread the buzz. For the $150 donation, you receive a School Garden Kit valued at $100 – that is our cost to produce the materials alone for each kit. The remaining $50 of the $150 is tax-deductable as a donation to our work as a 501 (c)(3) non profit. It is tax deductable to the full extent allowed by law.
The Bee SmartSchool Garden Kit Includes:
Pre- and post-tests
10 lesson plans with accompanying reproducible worksheets
Materials for lesson plan activities
Reproducible handouts
New bee test tube
Access to additional Bee Smart™ School Garden Kit materials here.
For a specific list of materials, click here. Kit contents are subject to change based on current curriculum and available materials.
Refill Your Kit:
The bees and the Pollinator Partnership team greatly appreciate your efforts to foster students through this exciting discovery process. In order to continue exposing students to pollinator-related topics in a hands-on manner, you will need to supplement your existing Bee Smart™ School Garden Kit curriculum with refill materials. Although the curriculum is copyrighted, do not hesitate to share it with other educators at your institution. Please have them order a refill kit to supplement the curriculum. The refill contents include:
3 glitter jars
100 pipe-cleaners
1 Bee Tube Nest
30 small paper cups
1 educator’s dissection seed
30 peat pods
30 cucumber seeds
30 wooden plant makers
15 milkweed seeds specific to your ecoregion
30 prairie coneflower seeds
30 purple coneflower seeds
3 cotton swabs
Access to the Bee Smart™ School Garden Kit online component
Order a refill for your kit by donation of $50 below: