Bee Unit – Mandi Skura – Mount Aloysius College
Big Ideas: 1. What’s All the Buzz About? What is a Bee? 2. Bees in their Environment 3. Life in the Hive 4. Nectar, Pollen, and Honey
Read Flight of the Bumblebee by Raymond Huber
Study the Bee Life Cycle.
Take a field trip to a Bee Sanctuary Identifying Different Types of Bees
Big Idea Bees in their Environment
Where do Bees live? What parts of the world? Ask a Beekeeper!
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What’s All the Buzz About? What is a Bee?
Listen to Flight of the Bumblebee by Nikolai RimskyKorsakov
Take a ‘tour’ of a hive. Dissect an abandoned hive or watch an interactive video.
Big Idea
Dramatic Play; a Bee Keeper’s Equipment
Big Idea
BEES
Investigate Pollen; touch it, smell it, see it.
Nectar, Pollen, and Honey
Read, What if there were no Bees?, by Suzanne Slade
Pollenating Plants activity
Honey Taste Testing
Read, The Honey Makers by Gail Gibbons
Study the Class System in the Hive – Matriarchal Life
Big Idea Life in the Hive
Jobs for Bees – What are their roles?