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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: The Hidden Beauty of Pollination

For Students 9th - 10th
Pollination is a vital to life on Earth but largely unseen by the human eye. Filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg shows us the intricate world of pollen and pollinators with gorgeous high-speed images from his film "Wings of Life," inspired by...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Honey Bees

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
The students will do research to learn the various functions of bees within the hive and understand the process of making honey. Students will use numerous resources to find their information including the Internet, library books,...
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Lesson Plan
Nature Conservancy

The Nature Conservancy: Discover the Culprit Behind Declining Bee Populations

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Bees provide vital benefits to people, including crop pollination and products such as honey and beeswax. But we're losing bees through colony collapse disorder. In this lesson, students are put at the cutting edge of research on...
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Website
PBS

Idaho Ptv: Science Trek: Bees

For Students 3rd - 5th
A comprehensive overview of bees. Includes three videos: a half-hour show, a video short, and a short video where an expert answers children's questions. Other features of the site include facts, links, games and activities, a reading...
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Website
Scientific American

Scientific American: The Buzz on Bees: In Depth Reports

For Students 9th - 10th
Read this multimedia article about the disappearance of bee colonies worldwide. Find out why it is crucial to saving this important pollinator from extinction.
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Website
Other

Penn State University: Bee Behavior

For Students 9th - 10th
Penn State University and the Mid-Atlantic Apiculture Consortium offer an excellent site on everything you need to know about bee behavior.
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Website
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: How Do Bees Make Honey?

For Students 2nd - 8th
Investigate how honey bees create the magical sweetener. Why are these bees so important to the environment?
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Lesson Plan
University of Arizona

University of Arizona: Africanized Honey Bees on the Move

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This is a lesson plan for grades 9 - 12. There are worksheets that can be printed out. Each activity and objective is stated.
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Article
Akron Children's Hospital

Akron Children's Hospital: Kidshealth: Hey! A Bee Stung Me!

For Students 3rd - 8th
Bee, or honeybee, is the word many people use to describe any flying insect that has wings and a stinger. Take a look at this article to learn more about bees.
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Article
Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Habitat Network: Bees Use Drugs? Evidence of Self Medication

For Students 9th - 10th
There has been documented evidence that honey bees increase their foraging of antibiotic plant resins when under stress from fungal pathogens. Could more access to certain plants provide some solutions for decreasing bee populations?
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Interactive
PBS

Pbs Nova: Tales From the Hive

For Students 9th - 10th
Website that accompanies the NOVA program "Tales from the Hive." Site includes additional facts on bees, specifically the breakdown of a bee hive, and the different dances bees do as well as what they mean.
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Website
PBS

Pbs: Nature: Alien Empire

For Students 3rd - 8th
Outstanding site that compliments an insect series on PBS. Interactive presentations include bee anatomy and honeybee hives. Includes interactive puzzles, teacher's guides, and formats for making insect masks.
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Article
University of Wisconsin

The Why Files: Honeybees Getting Lost?

For Students 9th - 10th
As colony collapse disorder continues to attack honeybee hives, a new study shows that a common insecticide interferes with their return flights.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Worldwide Loss of Bees a Growing Concern

For Teachers 7th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the decreasing number of bees and the negative effects that can have on our food supply. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: The Buzz About Honey

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage discusses the role of honeybees in producing honey. This passage is intended for guided practice and is designed to reinforce essential reading comprehension skills.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Busy Bees

For Teachers K
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about how bees can be helpful and how they can be dangerous. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Honeybee

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Honeybee
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Graphic
Curated OER

Honeybee

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Honeybee
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Handout
San Diego Zoo Global

San Diego Zoo: Kids: Bee

For Students K - 1st
Bees fly from flower to flower, sipping nectar and collecting grains of pollen. Bees have a special tongue that sucks up the nectar and a crop in their throat for storing it until they get back to the hive, where it is turned into honey...
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Activity
Treehut

Suzy's World: Bees

For Students 3rd - 8th
Use this site to find out why bees make honey with this quick fact sheet on bees.
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Handout
Canadian Museum of Nature

Canadian Museum of Nature: Bees

For Students 9th - 10th
Bees are found all over the world and are vital for controlling other insect populations. Some basic facts about bees can be read here, and there are pictures as well.
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Handout
US Department of Agriculture

Us Department of Agriculture: Is It or Isn't a Bee?

For Students 9th - 10th
This informative site takes a look at other insects that look like bees but in fact are not. Physical traits and characteristics are commented on for comparison purposes.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Bbc Nature: Wildlife: European Honey Bee

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Photo image of the European honey bee.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Scientific American: Honeybee Head

For Students Pre-K - 1st
The head region of a honeybee.

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