From June 5th to June 12th, join fellow Canadians in planting your Buzzing Garden seed kit as we celebrate National Planting Week. Each kit contains non-invasive varieties of flowering plants that are not only native to Canada, but also recommended by Pollinator Partnership Canada. If you haven't signed up for the program, there's still time. Simply sign up at beesmatter.ca and they will send out one seed packet per household while supplies last. It's the perfect activity the whole family can enjoy. Plus, by planting a pollinator-friendly garden, you are helping to ensure there are a variety of flowering plants blooming throughout the summer months, which means we can help improve honey bee health by providing nutritious food sources and protect a vital component of farming and food production.

• Bee Life: The Honey Bee - Grade 2 Science and Technology Unit - This unit contains a lesson plan for Understanding Life Systems: Growth and Changes in Animals, and provides an overview of the life and structure of honey bees. Concepts covered are recognizing insects, diagramming anatomy, and considering the life habits of insects. It includes two blackline masters: The Honey Bee Life Cycle and a Honey Bee Anatomy Worksheet.

• Bee Life: Plants and Flowers - Grade 3 Science and Technology Unit - This unit contains a lesson plan for the Understanding Life Systems – Growth and Changes in Plants strand, which will cover the basics of plant reproduction, diagramming, anatomy, the role pollinators play in growing crops, plant/animal relationships and an overview of the relationship we have with our food. Blackline masters include Flowers and Fruits, Plant Parts and a Plant Parts Worksheet.