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Nebraska
Wildlife Federation Presents
Wildlife Week Nebraska 2008:
Pollinators!
April 20-26, 2008
The
Nebraska Wildlife Federation is once again sponsoring
Wildlife Week Nebraska. Our theme in 2008 is
Pollinators! We seek to educate Nebraskans about the
importance of bees, butterflies, birds, and other
pollinators in our life, and the threats they face. We want
all Nebraskans to better understand what they can do to help
pollinators survive and thrive in our state.
Wildlife Week Nebraska is affiliated with National Wildlife
Week, sponsored each
year by the National Wildlife
Federation. We will celebrate Wildlife Week Nebraska
along with National Wildlife Week April 20-26, 2008.
Wildlife Week
Nebraska Poster Contest
Click here for
information on the Federation's annual Wildlife Week Poster
Contest for Nebraska 4th,
5th and 6th grade students.
The deadline for entries is April 14, 2008.
Why Does The World Need
Pollinators?
Click
here to find out why pollinators are essential
to the survival of most flowering plants on planet Earth. Humans
and other animals depend on pollinators for much of
their food. In return, flowering plants produce nectar,
a food for the pollinators.
Because of the loss of habitat, wild populations of the
insects that help pollinate food crops are decreasing.
Pollinator Curriculum
Click here
for information on the
North American Pollinator Protection Campaign
educator's curriculum. The comprehensive pollinators
curriculum includes five modules, and is designed for
teachers in grades 3-6.
We also suggest you check out the Nebraska Wildlife
Federation's 2006 Wildlife Week online curriculum,
Migration: Wings on the
Move, which includes a whole section on
Monarch
butterflies.
Is An
Outdoor Classroom in Your Future?
Click here
for information on creating an Outdoor Classroom
right at your school. Learn how to create
an outdoor laboratory where your students can
learn about nature in a hands-on way. Outdoor classrooms can
also help teach biology, math, Nebraska history, art, and
Great Plains literature.
Access information on how to plant a Monarch Waystation and a pollinator garden in your schoolyard,
and learn how you can certify your Outdoor Classroom through
the National Wildlife Federation's Schoolyard Habitat
Program.
Thanks to our 2008
Wildlife Week Sponsors
Nebraska Wildlife Federation gratefully acknowledges the
2008 Sponsor of Wildlife Week: The Nebraska Attorney
General Environmental Settlement Fund.
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