BEES BEES NATIVE BEES | BIODIVERSITY
Did you know native bees have an important role to play in food production? Take a
closer look at these bee-eautiful creatures with these science games and videos.
Take your students on a journey to discover the wonderful world of native bees and
find out why these minibeasts are the bee’s knees.
Years 3 to 6 students – self-guided.
Curriculum links: Science, Design and Technologies, Critical and Creative Thinking, Literacy.
Teacher resource section:
Begin by watching the videos and getting students ready by ensuring they have access to the internet, a device with sound and Kahoot and the following resources to make their own bee hotel:
- hammer and nail
- clean recycled aluminium can
- string or wire and bamboo (or grape/passionfruit prunings).
We recommend a teacher or parent guide Foundation to Year 3 students through the activity to construct their own bee hotel.
Here are ways you can use this resource:
- Add to your own learning system – download the resources and copy/embed YouTube links.
- Send students directly to the resource for instructional videos and links.
- Note, to access the Kahoot click the link and create a free account to share with your students.
Curriculum links
Here is how you might use the Bees Bees Native Bees online activity to teach the Victorian Curriculum:
| Level | Learning Area | Content Descriptor |
| 3-4 | Science | Different living things have different life cycles and depend on each other and the environment to survive. |
| 3-4 | Design and Technologies | Select and use materials, components, tools and equipment using safe work practices to produce designed solutions. |
| 3-4 | Critical and Creative Thinking | Examine an increased range of learning strategies, including visualisation, note-taking, peer instruction and incubation, and reflect on how these can be applied to different tasks to reach a goal |
| 5-6 | Science | Living things have structural features and adaptations that help them to survive in their environment |
| 5-6 | Design and Technologies | Apply safe procedures when using a variety of materials, components, tools, equipment and techniques to produce designed solutions. |
| 5-6 | Critical and Creative Thinking | Identify and form links and patterns from multiple information sources to generate non-routine ideas and possibilities. |
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