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Darwin’s Bees

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
What do you call a bee born in May? A maybe! This first instructional activity in a series of four begins with a starter activity to get scholars thinking about the topic. Then a circus, or circuit of seven activities,...
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The New York Times

Trouble in the Hive: Researching the Decimation of Honeybee Colonies

For Teachers 8th - 12th Standards
Teach your class about colony collapse disorder and foster discussion about causes and solutions for the honeybee problem. Class members read and discuss an article and participate in one of two detailed activities about pollination and...
Interactive
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H is for Hive

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this letter H, handwriting worksheet, students trace and print both capital and lowercase H, 8 times each. Students also trace and print the word hive. A computer animation that shows students how to print the letters is provided.
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Honey Bees and Communication

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
Did you know that honey bees dance to communicate information? Do you know why bees use hexagons to build their hives? The Honeybee Man, Brilliant Bees, and Show me the Honey provide background information on how honey bees communicate....
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Bees and Honey

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students are challenged to build a bee home out of provided materials and discover a way to produce a new flavor of honey. Students research beekeeping and honey production and brainstorm possible ideas for bee homes and honey production...
PPT
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Which Material is Best for Muffling Sound?

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Two professors, Big-Hair and Bee-Hive, cannot do their work because the alarm clock won't stop ringing! Young scientists perform an experiment to help them wrap the clock in the best material for muffling the sound. This is a clever...
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Honeybee

For Teachers K - 4th
Students investigate honeybees and the importance of honeybees to humans. They identify the various parts of a bee's body using velcro parts, role-play a hive, and answer review questions.
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Buzz Up My Hive

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students research bees. In this organisms lesson, students participate in various learning centers to find out more about bees. The centers include watching a video and taking notes, reading books about bees, and going on a WebQuest. As...
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Science: Bees: An Interdisciplinary Approach

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students investigate the world of bees and describe their characteristics. by identifying the bees' parts, they demonstrate how these parts function. In the lab, students dissect bees and view the various parts under microscopes. ...
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K5 Learning

The Bee

For Students 3rd - 4th Standards
See what all the buzz is about with a reading comprehension activity! Third and fourth graders read a short informational passage about bees before answering four questions about what they have learned.
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Honeybees

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Pupils explore the various functions of bees within the hive and explain the process of making honey. They use numerous resources to find their information including the internet, library books and their science texts.
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Buzzing for Products

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students practice multiplication playing a game. For this multiplication lesson plan, students pick numbers and multiply them together. Students are awarded points based on which "hive" their answer falls in. The student with the...
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Hidden Spelling Words

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this hidden spelling words worksheet, students circle the hidden words within a path of letters that honeybees are taking to their hive. Students write the ten words they find.
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Honeybees are Vanishing

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students decide if they agree with a series of statements about the bee population, then read a news article about the disappearance of millions of U.S. honeybees. For this biology and current events lesson, the teacher introduces the...
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Three-digit Addition

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this math worksheet, students solve 13 three-digit addition problems. Students may also color in the border, which includes bees and a hive.
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The Honey Bee's Home

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students study honey bees by researching handouts and books. In this honey bee lesson plan, students make a comb out of polygons, learn about the 4 stages of insect development, and view how the hive hierarchy works.
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GeoHive Information Hunt

For Students 6th - 10th
In this geography skills worksheet, students respond to 30 short answer questions about world geographic features and locations.
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Seven and Eight

For Students K - 1st
In this number recognition activity, students draw the correct number of bees given for each hive. Students color the pictures that have seven bees. Students also practice printing the numbers 7 and 8.
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Vocabulary Match

For Teachers K - 1st
In this reading worksheet, pupils match 12 words with their correct picture. Words include meat, wave, rain, hive, robe, soap, and kite.
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Where Does the Bee Live?

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this alphabet worksheet, students connect the letters in order to discover the bee's home. This activity is not difficult because all of the letters are already in alphabetical order around the hive.
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Picture/Word Worksheet #53

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
In this tracing words worksheet, students enhance their word recognition skills by studying the pictures and then tracing the following words: pots, leg, hive, globe, teeth, and chain.
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Map Directions

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In these directions worksheets, students look at the street map and the bee hive maps and use them to help write directions using spatial terms.
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Scholastic

Folk and Fairy Tale Readers: The Spider and the Beehive

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd Standards
Anansi the spider teaches young readers the importance of sharing with others in this fun African folktale. Offering clear illustrations and repetitive structure, this printable book is ideal for developing children's reading fluency.
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EngageNY

Posing Statistical Questions

For Teachers 6th Standards
Is this a statistical question? The opening lesson in a series of 22 introduces the concept of statistical questions. Class members discuss different questions and determine whether they are statistical or not, then they sort the data...

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