Spring Week: Bees

Bugs. Flowers. Tadpoles. Birds. It’s Spring. Let’s get out in the sunshine and do some exploring. First up: bees.

We’ll be tasting different honeys, making honeycomb shaped soap, observing the bees pollinating our orchard and learning about bee bread and hexagons. We’re also excited to check out the Bee App (!) and maybe make a cake.

Video Clips and Podcasts:

How Do Bees Make Honey?

Please, Please the Bees - Read by Rashida Jones, accompanying teacher PDF

The Honeybee and the Hexagon

What is Bee Bread?

Dance of the Honey Bee

Help Your Local Honeybees - Plant a Bee Friendly Garden

How (and Why) do Bees Sting?

Why Nature Loves Hexagons

Wow in the World: The Buzz on Bee Barf

Wow in the World: Un-BEE-lievable Bees

Wow in the World: 1+2=3 Just Ask a Bee

Books:

The Bee Book

Please, Please the Bees (there’s a video clip of this above)

Games:

The Bears and the Bees

Add your honeycomb shaped cards to the growing hive and try to run out of cards before everyone else.

HIVE

A strategy game that plays a little like chess. Move your bugs (each type moves differently) to surround the other player’s queen bee.

Projects and Printables:

How Does a Bee Pollinate a Flower? (free download - you will need Cheetos)

Busy Bees - Prewriting and Number Activities (free download)

Magic School Bus: In a Beehive Listening Guide (free download)

Honeybee Anatomy Diagram (free download)

Inspired by Bees: Tessellating Activities (free download)

Honeybee Word Search (free download)

Preschool/Kindergarden Honey Bee Unit (free download)

Bees Inquiry Questions (3rd-6th) (free download)

Lift the Flap Honey Bee (free download)

Life of a Bee App - App Store or Google Play (free)

Bee Melt and Pour Soap Kit

The Pollination Game

Things to Make/Bake:

Honey Cake

Bee Sting Cake

Honey and Yogurt Set Cheesecake