Lesson

All About Bees

Lesson Overview

Students will learn about bumblebees and how important their habitat is to their survival.

Students will learn the importance of bumblebees including their habitats, what they eat, and how they provide a service the world through pollination.
Students will examine bumblebees to identify the different parts of their bodies, as well as how those parts allow bumblebees to pollinate all sorts of flowers.

Duration

Less than 1 hour

Lesson Type

Traditional Lesson

Essential Question

Why are bumblebees important to our world?

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Cut outs of 4-5 different flower colors
A bag of cotton balls

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Standards

1.L.5 The student will demonstrate an understanding of how the structures of plants help them survive and grow in their environments.
- 1.L.5B Plants have basic needs that provide energy in order to grow and be healthy. Each plant has a specific environment where it can thrive. There are distinct environments in the world that support different types of plants. These environments can c...
  - 1.L.5B.3 Analyze and interpret data from observations to describe how changes in the environment cause plants to respond in different ways (such as turning leaves toward the Sun, leaves changing color, leaves wilting, or trees shedding leaves).

Lesson Created By: Savannah River Ecology Lab