Power to the Pollinators

This presentation can be found at cabarrus.ces.ncsu.edu

What is a Pollinator?

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Reach out to Extension 4-H for more activities!

What is an Insect?

Head, Thorax, Abdomen

Head, Thorax, Abdomen

Eyes, and Mouth, Two Antennae and Six Legs Head, Thorax, Abdomen

Three Fun Ways

Great Southeast Pollinator Census

South East Bumble Bee Atlas

The Lost Ladybug

Great Southeast Pollinator Census

https://gsepc.org/

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Open to Everyone in NC, SC, GA

August 23-24

15 minutes - count all the visitors - every time they visit.

Upload the data in the online portal

Great Southeast Pollinator Census

Let’s Practice!

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMVoqI4-J2U

Great Southeast Pollinator Census

How can you use

this in your classroom?

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South East Bumble Bee Atlas (SEBBA)

https://www.bumblebeeatlas.org/southeast.html

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• Only by those who adopted grid cells.
• Conduct two surveys during

the pollinator season.

• 45 minutes for each survey
• Only Bumblebees
• Upload to bumblebeewatch.org
• ***Students can gather individual data***

South East Bumble Bee Atlas (SEBBA)

https://www.bumblebeeatlas.org/southeast.html

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Science with Tracy!

July 27 10 am - noon

Aug 8 1-3 p.m.

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The Lost Lady Bug

http://www.lostladybug.org/index.php

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• Can be done by anyone
• Anytime - just take a picture of the ladybug
• Upload to the lostladybug.org website

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The Lost Lady Bug

http://www.lostladybug.org/index.php

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• Let’s Practice!

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Want More?

• iNaturalist
• Google Lens
• PlantNet

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Do you know of others?