Tips for Engagement:

• Find a Flowering Plant: Pick a plant with open flowers in your yard, a park, or a community garden.
• Be a Detective: Carefully watch the flowers for 15 minutes and see what insects come to visit.
• Ask for Help: If you're not sure what an insect is, ask an adult or use the identification guides on the GSePC website.
• Share Your Discoveries: Tell your friends and family about the cool bugs you saw! Consider completing a project record book (talk to your leader about this)!
• Generic Guidance about what makes a Successful Census Program for Community Organizers

Activities to Build Momentum:

• "Bug Hunt" Before the Census: Practice finding and identifying insects in your yard or local area.
• Make a Pollinator Craft: Create a bee house, a butterfly feeder, or draw pictures of your favorite pollinators.
• Plant a "Pollinator Power" Pot: Plant a small container with a pollinator-friendly flower to attract insects to your home.

Utilizing Extension- and Research-Based Resources:

• GSePC Website for Kids: Look for the easy-to-understand identification guides and counting sheets.

• N.C. Cooperative Extension 4-H: Check with your local 4-H program for pollinator-related curricula or projects.
• The Bee Cause Project: This organization works with specialists at Southeastern universities and has developed a robust resource library of activities, curricula, grants and certifications. This organization also offers the "Bee a Friend to Pollinators" Certification, which comes with a potential grant for building pollinator habitat.
• "Introducing Census and Pollinators" PowerPoint: Ask an adult to go through this presentation with you to learn more about pollinators.