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The Buzz on Bees-How Bees Make Our World a Little Sweeter
These lessons can help students learn about the important role bees play in the ecosystem.
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Biology Tessellations
Young scholars review three types of polygons that are triangles, squares, and hexagons. They use a computer program to draw various types of tessellations. The students use the drawing of a honeybee as inspiration.
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Tantalizing Tessellations - Lesson I
Students complete a chart (KWL) as a pre-assessment, study the history of tessellations (tilings), investigate the properties of tessellations, and make and evaluate photographs of "found tessellations" for a PowerPoint/HyperStudio...
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Lions at Lunchtime
For this lion words scramble, students unscramble 13 words related to lions. Words include predator, guide, gazelles, and quicksand.
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Mini Worlds
In this insects activity, students 18 questions regarding butterflies, moths, bees and spiders. A print out version of this activity is available, but the online version contains links to various webpages with information on the topics,...
Technovation
Curiosity Machine: Challenges: Build a Strong Honeycomb Structure
Using paper and tape, students are challenged to build a honeycomb structure that is able to support a heavy textbook or more. The website includes a place for students to document their design process, tips, and a lesson plan.
Mathigon
Mathigon: Geometry: Polygons and Polyhedra: Tessellations
This lesson focuses on tessellations, a tessellation is a geometric pattern that covers a surface without gaps or overlaps. They can be seen everywhere in nature such as a honeycomb or a tortoise shell.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in California: Hanna Honeycomb House
Located on Stanford University campus, this was Frank Lloyd Wright's first work in the San Francisco region as well as his first work with non-rectangular structures.
Scholastic
Scholastic Instructor: Explore the World of Honeybees
Discover more about bees through this educational resource. This resource features math and science activities, experiments, fun facts, and more.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: G Mg Hexagonal Pattern of Beehives
Beehives are made of walls, each of the same size, enclosing small hexagonal cells where honey and pollen are stored and bees are raised. This problem examines some of the mathematical advantages of the hexagonal tiling in a beehive....
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: Buzzy Bee Problem
See if you can find the pattern in Buzzy Bee's honeycomb. The solution is available right at this one page website.
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