Backpack Contents

Books
1.    The big book of bugs by Yuval Zommer
2.    Why do we need bees-Lift-the-flap first questions and answers?
3.    The bug collector by Alex G. Griffiths

Activities
1.    Toobs (Assorted sets- Each pack contains one set Bugs (contents: 18 assorted bugs), Butterflies (contents: 18 butterflies), Insects (contents: 14 assorted insects)
2.    Butterflies of Ireland poster
3.    Butterflies Swatch
4.    Pop-up port-a-bug
5.    Bugifier
6.    Worker bee wooden puzzle: Contents: 9-piece wooden puzzle with a wooden storage cover.

IRISH 
Leacbhar: Seo agat seangáin le Alejandro Algarra
 

Additional resources

Our in-house beekeeper Helen has recorded some videos for our YouTube channel

https://youtu.be/q5-_Dqel7lo Bees in Winter

https://youtu.be/giL464eo3j4 Baby bees outside

A reading of Dee the bee by Dolores Keaveney

https://youtu.be/ZliSnqyGfuQ

Robin Barry’s Bee Wise educational workshop

https://youtu.be/8OvC4unNZms

Check out Bird Watch Ireland's catalogue of junior magazines ‘Bird Detectives’. Full of fun facts and figures, and great ways to learn about amazing birds.

https://birdwatchireland.ie/our-work/fun-learning/for-kids/

20 interesting facts about bees

https://pollinators.ie/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Talk-for-kids-to-give-their-classmates-on-pollinators_2018.pdf

Migrating monarch butterflies can travel thousands of miles! Learn more amazing facts about these amazing creatures with National Geographic Kids.

https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/videos/topic/amazing-animals#36397614-6557-40b3-84bf-371a7528992c

Usborne Quicklinks-Check out these websites and videos and visit a bee farm, listen to bees buzzing in a meadow and spot a queen bee in a hive

https://usborne.com/gb/quicklinks/quicklink/11996-why-do-we-need-bees