Bee+Group+Planning+Sheet

=Bee Study Group Planning Sheet=

How do bees help a farm? What is pollination and how does it work? What is the life cycle of a bee? What are bee body parts and what are they for? What is a hive and what happens inside a hive? Who takes care of the bees and collects the honey and how? What happens to the bees in the winter? Bee keeper comes to visit and shows the hive and other materials. Visit hives in community garden by Forest Hills Cemetary. Hive, cell, hexagon, pollen, pollination, nectar, proboscis, head, thorax, abdomen, antenna? feelers?, pollen sacs, drone, worker bee, queen bee, nurse bee, forager bee, stigma, stamen, bee keeper, steam/smoke, larva, pupa, egg Dramatic play of bees in hive and collecting honey, building a hive model out of pattern blocks, interactive sketching and individual sketching of bees bodies, read books, act out bee life cycle, videos (magic school bus, close-up images), looking at a flower and its parts and pollen and making a model Work from past years (bee life cycle, pages of bee chapter in class book, sketching examples); drafting, revising, editing farm book pages; feedback and critique of illustrations and text for farmbook pages Family Presentation Study group participation; farm book page (vocabulary used and concepts included independently); post family presentation interviews (one-on-one)
 * Leaders:** __**Heidi and Nicole**__
 * Unit:** __**Farms**__
 * Essential Questions**
 * Essential Questions**
 * Excursions / Visiting Experts**
 * Excursions / Visiting Experts**
 * Excursions / Visiting Experts**
 * Vocabulary**
 * Vocabulary**
 * Vocabulary**
 * Multiple Intelligences:** //re-visiting the content in many ways// //(ie. dramatic play; models; painting; sketching; collage; building; music; drawing; photography; book-making//)
 * Multiple Intelligences:** //re-visiting the content in many ways// //(ie. dramatic play; models; painting; sketching; collage; building; music; drawing; photography; book-making//)
 * Multiple Intelligences:** //re-visiting the content in many ways// //(ie. dramatic play; models; painting; sketching; collage; building; music; drawing; photography; book-making//)
 * Models:** //how will students know where they need to arrive?//
 * Models:** //how will students know where they need to arrive?//
 * Models:** //how will students know where they need to arrive?//
 * Public Presentation**
 * Public Presentation**
 * Public Presentation**
 * Public Presentation**
 * Public Presentation**
 * Assessment**
 * Assessment**
 * Assessment**