Module 23: All About Bees- Science 2 - Course Guide

Module Overview:

In this module, students will be learning to investigate the life of bees, describe how bees build a honeycomb, and design a honeycomb. They will learn to observe different ways that seeds can be spread and design a model that functions as an animal spreading seeds or pollinating plants.

Module Materials:

Lesson # Lesson Title Material(s)
1 Bee Behavior None
2 Pollination and Seeds None
3 Engineering Pollination crafting supplies (your choice);

Module Objectives:

Lesson # Lesson Title Objective(s)
1 Bee Behavior
  1. Investigate the life of bees.
  2. Describe how bees build a honeycomb.
  3. Design a honeycomb.
2 Pollination and Seeds
  1. Observe different ways that seeds can be spread.
3 Engineering Pollination
  1. Design a model that functions as an animal spreading seeds or pollinating plants.

Module Key Words:

Key Words
bees
honeycomb
seeds
pollinate
engineering design

Module Assignments:

Lesson # Lesson Title Page # Assignment Title
1 Bee Behavior 6 Hive for a Home Assignment
2 Pollination and Seeds 6 Spreading Seeds Assignment
3 Engineering Pollination 6 Design a Pollinator Assignment

Learning Coach Notes:

Lesson # Lesson Title Notes
1 Bee Behavior After completing this lesson, ask your student to describe at least three things they learned about bees and their behavior.
2 Pollination and Seeds After completing this lesson, ask your student how seeds spread and how insects help with pollination.
3 Engineering Pollination After completing this lesson, ask your student to explain how humans can demonstrate pollination.

Module Guiding Questions:

When a student starts a lesson ask them questions to check for prior knowledge and understanding and to review concepts being taught. At the end of the lesson ask the questions again to see if their answer changes.

Lesson Title Question
Bee Behavior
  1. How do bees work together?
Pollination and Seeds
  1. How do insects help plants grow?
Engineering Pollination
  1. How can you demonstrate pollination?

Module Video Questions:

When a student watches a video take time to ask them questions about what they watched. Suggested questions for the videos in this module are listed here. Suggestion: Have the student watch the entire video first all the way through. Then have them watch the video a second time, as they watch it pause the video and ask the questions.

Lesson Title Video Question
Pollination and Seeds Pollinating Plants
  1. What is pollen?
  2. What is pollination?
  3. How do insects help to pollinate plants?

Module Suggested Read Aloud Books:

Take time to read to your student or have them read aloud to you. Read a different book each day. While reading the book point out concepts being taught. You may purchase these books or find them at your local library. Suggested things to discuss while reading the book:

  • What is the main idea?
  • What are three things new you learned?
  • How does this book relate to what you are learning about?

# Book Author Lexile Level
1 The Life and Times of the Honeybee Charles Micucci
2 The Bee Book Charlotte Milner
3 What If There Were No Bees?: A Book About the Grassland Ecosystem Suzanne Buckingham Slade
4 The Honey Makers Gail Gibbons
5 The Magic School Bus Inside a Beehive Joanna Cole

Module Outing:

Take some time to apply what your student is learning to the real world. Suggested outings are below.

# Outing