The Buzzy Bees Incursion is designed for Kindergarten and Prep to Year 2 Primary classes.
INCLUDES :
A professional digital slideshow presented to your class/es by a qualified, experienced teacher on the day (whose family has beehives and do beekeeping themselves on their property). Includes real beekeeping outfit, equipment and demonstration videos. Great photo opportunities, a free jar of pure local honey for your class/centre to enjoy and a certificate for children, as well as a bonus teacher pack full of extra learning activities and fun ideas!
*NOTE: Real hive frames and wax are part of the demonstration. Live bees are sometimes also available to be brought into centres and schools, securely locked inside an educational demonstration display hive for the visit, then returned to their home hive afterwards. This is subject to availability at the time, and if live bees are not available on your date, the hive frames and wax, equipment, honey, outfit and lots of other items will still be shown. Authorisation forms are required to be signed by parents/guardians in case of allergies to bees and contact with any bee products. All precaution is taken to ensure live bees are confined to their display hive for viewing only.
CONTENT :
- Bees are living things - how do we know?
- What do bees need? - Identifying needs of living things
- What do bees eat? - Information about nectar, pollen, tree resin and water
- Inquiry questions - class discussion starters WHY? HOW? WHAT?
- Vertebrate or Invertebrate?
- Types of bees
- Different species of bees
- How are bees different to wasps?
- The home of bees - habitat
- Bee communication
- Body structure and features of bees
- Life cycle of bees
- Colony of bees
- Baby bees
- Beekeeper tools and what is an 'Apiarist'?
- Bees help us through pollination
- What do bees produce?
- Honey extraction process
- Save the bees!
- Diseases and pests threatening bees
- Effects of human actions on living things
- Quiz time!
- >>Also includes BONUS Teacher pack loaded with further learning opportunities and fun activity ideas, informational charts and posters, fun art activities and themed posters to add to display in your room to set the scene for your magnificent BEE INVESTIGATION! + BONUS task rewards record sheet and name badge for each of your BEE INVESTIGATORS + Certificates.
