Prospect School fifth-grader Andrew Berberich uses a laptop to research information on the decline of the honey bee population. | Rob Dicker ~ Sun-Times Media

Students Evan Drew and Anthoney Zayed work together on researching ways to stop the decline of the world's honey bee population. | Rob Dicker ~ Sun-Times Media

Fifth-grade teacher Julie Shramovich helps her students with sites to research on the internet as they work on their persuasive project on saving the honey bee population. | Rob Dicker ~ Sun-Times Media

Megan McKay and Audrey La Valle team up to do their research. Prospect School fifth-graders have taken up the cause of saving the honey bees. | Rob Dicker ~ Sun-Times Media

Emma Gordon and Addie Li start their poster by sketching a bee. | Rob Dicker ~ Sun-Times Media

Fifth-grade teacher Erin Baise makes research suggestions to her students. | Rob Dicker ~ Sun-Times Media

A student calls up a web site on Bee Colony Collapse Disorder. Prospect School fifth-graders have taken up the cause of saving the honey bees. | Rob Dicker ~ Sun-Times Media

Nolan Sharer (from left), Alex Calvo, Katy Michal and Andrea Ciancio get comfortable and get down to researching the bee problem. | Rob Dicker ~ Sun-Times Media