SUBJECTS: Science, Health, and Math

LEARNER OUTCOMES:  Students will discuss prior knowledge of honeybees and identify what they would like to learn. They will view an introductory PowerPoint presentation.  Students will begin creating a honeybee portfolio that will be used throughout the five lessons.

TIME FRAME:  2 class periods, approximately 45 minutes each

MATERIALS: Student portfolios and outline

TECHNOLOGY TOOLS/COURSEWARE:  Computers with Internet access (Teacher projection device and word processing programs are optional.)

TEACHER'S NOTES:  Each student must have an Acceptable Use Policy on file.
    Caution the students that bees are wild animals that sting if they feel threatened and they should not be approached carelessly.
    This lesson is intended to be an introductory lesson. Body characteristics of the honeybee will be explored. Later lessons will develop knowledge on other topics. The portfolio will be used to tie the lessons all together. The portfolio will include sections for:  vocabulary, (including body parts and characteristics), life cycles, domesticated hives, bee products, and health issues concerning the honeybee.  A possible outline and vocabulary list for the portfolio contents are included in the activities section of this lesson.
    Subsequent lessons will allow time for the students to access Internet sites dedicated to honeybees.  Lesson five provides a question and answer trivia challenge game.

PROCEDURES: The teacher will introduce a unit on honeybees by showing the Honeybee PowerPoint presentation Scientifically Speaking.  Students will be encouraged to take notes for use in their portfolios, and to participate in the class discussion.  Allow time for questions and answers to motivate interest in honeybees.
     Allot time to explain what should be included in the portfolio and a due date.

SCIENCE/LANGUAGE ARTS ACTIVITY - This outline for the portfolio contents is intended to organize the student's knowledge of honeybees and improve their study skills.

MODIFICATIONS: The Honeybee PowerPoint can be modified by the teacher in terms of how detailed the discussion becomes. The portfolio can be adapted to different levels depending on different student abilities.

ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES:
  1.  Students can gain additional information of honeybees by accessing these sites:
  honey.com/kids
   http://www.Beemaster.com
  http://www.bees4kids.org.uk/whybees/
           Or go to the Links page provided

  2.  Students may create a 3-d representation of the honeybee using a cardboard egg carton.

EVALUATION:  Teachers can evaluate this first lesson by checking for completion of the body parts words in the vocabulary portion of the portfolio.

West Virginia Instructional Goals and Objectives

  Science - Fifth Grade - 5.1, 5.2, 5.3,5.4, 5.5, 5.7, 5.8, 5.9, 5.10, 5.12, 5.15, 5.19, 5.26, 5.27, 5.32, 5.33
           Sixth Grade - 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.7, 6.8, 6.9, 6.10, 6.12, 6.15, 6.19, 6.26, 6.28, 6.29, 6.31, 6.32, 6.34

  Language Arts - Fifth Grade - 5.14, 5.15, 5.16, 5.46, 5.162, 5.164, 5.172, 5.173, 5.177, 5.178, 5.186, 5.188
                   Sixth Grade - 6.16, 6.18, 6.20, 6.22, 6.23, 6.33, 6.34, 6.35, 6.54, 6.86, 6.143, 6.144, 6.145, 6.149, 6.150, 6.151, 6.152, 6.153, 6.158, 6.162

  Math - Fifth Grade - 5.1, 5.5, 5.11, 5.13, 5.14, 5.16, 5.20, 5.23, 5.42, 5.47, 5.48, 5.49, 5.50, 5.55
           Sixth Grade - 6.1, 6.9, 6.10, 6.11, 6.12, 6.13, 6.18, 6.19, 6.44, 6.45, 6.48, 6.49, 6.50, 6.51, 6.52

 Health - Fifth Grade - 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.24, 5.25, 5.28, 5.29
           Sixth Grade -6.6, 6.27, 6.28, 6.29, 6.30, 6.35, 6.36, 6.39
 

National Standards

  Science:

• Knows that an organism's patterns of behavior are related to the nature of that organism's environment
• Knows that changes in the environment can have different effects on different organisms


Math:
 

• Represents problem situations in a variety of forms
• Understands that some ways of representing a problem are more helpful than others
• Uses trial and error and the process of elimination to solve problems

 
Health:
 
• Knows how the physical environment can impact personal health
• Knows how personal health can be influenced by society and science

WORKER BEES
          Jo Ellen Gabbert
          Paula Hoover
          Shannon Wykle