This TopicQuest was designed for Ms. Lou Bridges Kindergarten Class at Garrison Pilcher Elementary School by Katie Mathis, a Valdosta State University Preservice Teacher
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Bees are social insects that help plants grow. On our field trip to the
Ochlocknee Ridge Farms
in
Moultrie, Georgia, we learned that bees fly
inside of the flower pumpkin and then carry pollen to the flower of the
girl pumpkin and
this pollinates the pumpkin. This will make the pumpkin
grow.
Bees also make honey that we can eat. They produce honey and
store
it for food in the hive during the long winter months when flowers are
not blooming. Look at some of these webistes and learn more about
bees!!
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1. Do you know what
the body of a bumble bee looks like in
detail? Did you know bee's had hair? |
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2. Did you know that bees were social
animals? They live in colonies
that may have several hundred other bees living there, too.
WOW!! That is a house full! |
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3. What color are bumble
bees?
They are mostly black
and yellow.
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4. Beehives have queens!! The queen is the only one that lives for a long time. I thought only castles had queens!! |
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5.
Encyclopedia's are good sources of information. Here is a link to
encyclopedia.com that says bees communicate
or talk to each other by dancing.
Have you ever seen a bumble bee dance or do you like to dance? |
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6. There are many books about
bees, here are a few to choose from. Books are fun to
read, especially about bees. Take a look and pick out a few books
that are your favorite!
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8. How
would you like to color a
picture of a bumble bee? Here is a really cute coloring
page that you can color
and take home! |
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9. Did you know that the BUZZ
noise bees make is their wings flapping together really
fast? That is so neat!! |
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10. Here is a fun website that has a picture
a bees body that you can color and it says that bumble bees have tongues
that they use to suck nector. Nector is a sweet liquid made by
flowers and they turn the nector into honey. They use their
tongue to drink nector like we drink from a straw!
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Let's
pretend we are a BUMBLE BEE!! Bumble bees fly everywhere and
pollinate flowers so they can grow and have beautiful blooms. Why
don't we put on our bumble bee wings and go for a flight around the
school?! You can fly outside or even to the lunchroom.
After exploring the world through the eyes of a bumble bee, we are
going to draw a picture of our beehive,a
flower that we would like to pollinate
and we are going to decide what we would like to eat.
When we return to the classroom the next day back in our body- not as a
bumble bee, we are going to draw a picture of our beehive, or home, the
flower or tree we pollinated, and write a sentece telling what we ate
when we were bumble bees.
Mission Steps 1. First we are going to put on our imaginary bee wings. 2. With our bee wings we are going to fly around the school and look for a fun place to build our beehive, look for flowers we would like to pollinate to help grow into beautiful flowers and we are going to look for some yummy things to eat!! 3. The next day when we return to school, not as bumble bees, we are going to draw a picture of our beehive, the flower we are pollinating, and write a sentene about the meal we consumed as bumble bees. 4. Once the pictures are drawn and the sentences are written, the teacher will collect them and place them on the internet for you to show everyone! |
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