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Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th Grades  Project 6 weeks

Bee Safe: Designing a Better Buzz Zone

Brittany Y
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The Challenge

You may encounter bees near doors, paths, and playgrounds. Crowded spaces increase sting risks and can endanger bees.

Challenge Question

How can you design a structure or space? A structure is a thing you build. It should move bees to a safer place.

Standards

  • [Florida] SC.K.L.14.3 - Observe plants and animals, describe how they are alike and how they are different in the way they look and in the things they do.
  • [Florida] SC.1.L.17.1 - Through observation, recognize that all plants and animals, including humans, need the basic necessities of air, water, food, and space.
  • [Florida] SC.2.L.17.2 - Recognize and explain that living things are found all over Earth, but each is only able to live in habitats that meet its basic needs.
  • [Florida] SC.4.L.17.4 - Recognize ways plants and animals, including humans, can impact the environment.
  • [Florida] SC.5.L.17.1 - Compare and contrast adaptations displayed by animals and plants that enable them to survive in different environments such as life cycles variations, animal behaviors and physical characteristics.

Competencies

  • Critical Thinking & Problem Solving - Students consider a variety of innovative approaches to address and understand complex questions that are authentic and important to their communities.
  • Effective Communication - Students practice listening to understand, communicating with empathy, and share their learning through exhibiting, presenting and reflecting on their work.
  • Collaboration - Students co-design projects with peers, exercise shared-decision making, strengthen relational agency, resolve conflict, and assume leadership roles.
  • Content Expertise - Students develop key competencies, skills, and dispositions with ample opportunities to apply knowledge and engage in work that matters to them.
  • Self Directed Learning - Students use teacher and peer feedback and self-reflection to monitor and direct their own learning while building self knowledge both in and out of the classroom.
  • Academic Mindset - Students establish a sense of place, identity, and belonging to increase self-efficacy while engaging in critical reflection and action.

Learning Partners and Clients

Work with a local Orlando beekeeper on safe bee relocation. A habitat is a home for bees. Ask a native plant nursery about bee-friendly Florida plants. Share habitat designs with a local conservation group. Use their feedback to improve your habitat model.

Phase Overview

Phase Key Experiences
Discover
I can ask beekeepers what attracts bees and map sightings.
Examine
I can compare bee needs, traits, behaviors, habitats, and impacts.
Engineer
You can make guides. Guides are paths that show where to go. You can make a bee-safe model. A model is a small copy. Place it beyond walkways.
Do
I can count bee visits indoors and check nearby walkways.
Share
I can share guides, habitat, learning, and growth with beekeepers.