The Buzzy Bees Incursion is designed for Kindergarten and Prep to Year 4 Primary classes.
INCLUDES :
A professional and educational digital slideshow presented to your class/es by a qualified, experienced teacher on the day (whose family has registered beehives and do beekeeping themselves on their property). Demonstration includes real beekeeping outfit, equipment and close-up demonstration videos. Great photo opportunities, a free jar of pure local honey for your class/centre to enjoy, recipe cards and a certificate for children, as well as a bonus teacher pack full of extra learning activities and fun ideas!
**EXTRA COST $5 ADD ON AVAILABLE PER CHILD: Beeswax sheet rolling to roll into a candle stick to take home for parents/guardians.
*NOTE: No live bees will be brought to the Incursion, due to allergy risks.
However, this incursion is interactive and includes real hive frames (sealed in a demonstration display box), real bees (not live) in exhibit sealed block, real equipment, beekeeper suit, honeycomb, honey and wax are part of the demonstration. If you have any children allergic to bees and/or bee products, they are advised not to touch any of the demonstration items or bee products.
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.
