Bees+Interview+Assessment

=Bee Interview Assessment=

Name of student: Date: Name of interviewer:

Instructions:

 * Be sure to ask about any vocab. words that the child uses – ask what it means.
 * Ask the questions in bold first. Follow-up questions (prompts) are provided in italics to be used as necessary. Note all prompts used as well as everything said by student.


 * 1. Tell me everything you learned in the bee study group.**

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 * 2. What are the different kinds of bees in the hive? What are their jobs?**
 * //If not mentioned, ask about: forager bees, drone, queen, worker bees, guard bees, and nurse bees.//
 * //How do the bees find blossoms with nectar? How do the forager bees show the other bees where the flowers are?//


 * 3. What are the parts of a bees body? What are they for?**
 * //If not mentioned, ask about: head, thorax, abdomen, proboscis, and pollen sacs.//

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 * 4. Tell me what you know about bee hives.**
 * //What shape are the cells? What are they made of?//
 * //What do the bees keep in the hive? Where do they keep it?//

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 * 5. What does a beekeeper do? What are some tools he or she uses?**
 * //How does the beekeeper keep the bees calm and sleepy so they don't bother him or her?//
 * //How does the beekeeper protect his or her body from the bees?//


 * 6. What did you learn about all the parts of flowers? How do bees use flowers to make honey?**
 * //Show a model of a flower and ask student to name the parts he or she knows and tell what they are for.//


 * 7. Tell me all about how bees pollinate flowers.**
 * //What happens first/second/last?//
 * //What happens before/after ___?//

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 * 8. Tell me about the life cycle of a bee.** **(For each step named, ask what it is.)**
 * //If not mentioned, ask about: egg, larve, pupa, adult bee.//