Attention Educators: Free Pollinator Curriculum Materials are available!
Videos:
Kristin takes a trip to the West Seattle Bee Garden: Kristin (from Seattle Public Library) visits the WSBG, and speaks with a beekeeper.
How Do Bees Make Honey? from It's Okay To Be Smart/PBS: 5min. Covers much more than making honey. Focus = honey bees and pollination. Great animation, and summary.
Busy Bees from SciShow Kids: 4min. HIGH energy, and jam packed with accurate information. Focus = general bee info, honey bees, bumble bees.
Like Fruit? Thank a Bee! from SciShow Kids: 3.5min. Follow-up to Busy Bees. Focus = pollination and role of pollinators.
*BEE* Animals for Kids from All Things Animal TV: 3min. Slower paced, with live action video. Reviews different types of bees and their role in pollination.
Our World Honeybees from NASAeClips: 5.5min. Live action video, including footage with a beekeeper. Focus = pollination, honey bees, honey bee habitat, decrease in bee population and why.
What Honeybees Can Teach Us About Democracy from SciShow: Focus = process of swarming, and associated democratic process.
Science Trek D4K: Bees from KCTS9/PBS: 27 min program:
Overview of honeybees and what they do: minutes 0-5
Q&A with Native Bee and Honey Bee specialists: minutes 5-16
In the hive with a beekeeper: minutes 16-20
Additional Q&A: minutes 20-27
The Buzz on Bees from UW Student Jeanette Magsino: includes interviews at the West Seattle Bee Garden (WSBG) & with the Puget Sound Beekeepers Association (PSBA), photos of the WSBG, West Seattle Bee Festival, & PSBA apiary, text, articles and more.
Quick links to associated videos:
Part 1: Forming a Community (2min)
Part 2: Not Just Honeybees (2min)
Part 3: Understanding Bee Behavior (1.5min)
Part 4: Living in Balance with Nature (2.5min)
More WSBG Footage:
CityStream: West Seattle Bee Garden - includes a hive demo inside the bee enclosure
Annual West Seattle Bee Festival by Q13 FOX - quick chat inside the enclosure about bees
Extra Credit:
Honey Bees - Life Cycle from ScienceOnline: 9.5min. Slower paced and thorough. Reviews the role of each bee in a honeybee hive and their life cycle. Also briefly reviews the life cycle of other insects and the role of an entomologist.
Giant Honeybees - Life in the Undergrowth from BBC Studios: 5min. Focuses on a specific large honeybee species that lives in Asia. Includes some fascinating footage and details.
Flight of the Honey Bee from KCTS9/PBS: 2min. Focuses on commercial beekeeping (how most large farms are pollinated).
Bee Killer from KCTS9/PBS: 2min. Follow-up to Flight of the Honey Bee. Includes an interview with a commercial beekeeper, and the impact of colony collapse disorder.
Written materials, Printables, and Lesson Plans:
The WSBG has integrated the information we share at field trips into a curriculum everyone can use - to download, click on the educator's guide files at the bottom of this page!
Grades 3-5: http://www.scholastic.com/browse/unitplan.jsp?id=283
Grades K-8: Click here to download Honeybee Conservancy's FREE Sponsor-A-Hive Educator's Kit - complete with lesson plans, worksheets and more!
Middle and High School: We recommend utilizing the amazing curriculums created by Project Neuron. More information here.
We also highly recommend checking out the Curriculum and Educational Tools organized by the Pollinator Partnership : http://www.pollinator.org/education.htm
Click here for the Plant a Bee Garden Brochure!
Click here to download The Honeybee Conservancy's Abuzz Magazine!
Classroom activity created by Project Neuron is available by clicking on the icon at the bottom of this page
Want to pair these lessons with a guided trip at the bee garden? Please email us at [email protected]
Videos:
Kristin takes a trip to the West Seattle Bee Garden: Kristin (from Seattle Public Library) visits the WSBG, and speaks with a beekeeper.
How Do Bees Make Honey? from It's Okay To Be Smart/PBS: 5min. Covers much more than making honey. Focus = honey bees and pollination. Great animation, and summary.
Busy Bees from SciShow Kids: 4min. HIGH energy, and jam packed with accurate information. Focus = general bee info, honey bees, bumble bees.
Like Fruit? Thank a Bee! from SciShow Kids: 3.5min. Follow-up to Busy Bees. Focus = pollination and role of pollinators.
*BEE* Animals for Kids from All Things Animal TV: 3min. Slower paced, with live action video. Reviews different types of bees and their role in pollination.
Our World Honeybees from NASAeClips: 5.5min. Live action video, including footage with a beekeeper. Focus = pollination, honey bees, honey bee habitat, decrease in bee population and why.
What Honeybees Can Teach Us About Democracy from SciShow: Focus = process of swarming, and associated democratic process.
Science Trek D4K: Bees from KCTS9/PBS: 27 min program:
Overview of honeybees and what they do: minutes 0-5
Q&A with Native Bee and Honey Bee specialists: minutes 5-16
In the hive with a beekeeper: minutes 16-20
Additional Q&A: minutes 20-27
The Buzz on Bees from UW Student Jeanette Magsino: includes interviews at the West Seattle Bee Garden (WSBG) & with the Puget Sound Beekeepers Association (PSBA), photos of the WSBG, West Seattle Bee Festival, & PSBA apiary, text, articles and more.
Quick links to associated videos:
Part 1: Forming a Community (2min)
Part 2: Not Just Honeybees (2min)
Part 3: Understanding Bee Behavior (1.5min)
Part 4: Living in Balance with Nature (2.5min)
More WSBG Footage:
CityStream: West Seattle Bee Garden - includes a hive demo inside the bee enclosure
Annual West Seattle Bee Festival by Q13 FOX - quick chat inside the enclosure about bees
Extra Credit:
Honey Bees - Life Cycle from ScienceOnline: 9.5min. Slower paced and thorough. Reviews the role of each bee in a honeybee hive and their life cycle. Also briefly reviews the life cycle of other insects and the role of an entomologist.
Giant Honeybees - Life in the Undergrowth from BBC Studios: 5min. Focuses on a specific large honeybee species that lives in Asia. Includes some fascinating footage and details.
Flight of the Honey Bee from KCTS9/PBS: 2min. Focuses on commercial beekeeping (how most large farms are pollinated).
Bee Killer from KCTS9/PBS: 2min. Follow-up to Flight of the Honey Bee. Includes an interview with a commercial beekeeper, and the impact of colony collapse disorder.
Written materials, Printables, and Lesson Plans:
The WSBG has integrated the information we share at field trips into a curriculum everyone can use - to download, click on the educator's guide files at the bottom of this page!
Grades 3-5: http://www.scholastic.com/browse/unitplan.jsp?id=283
Grades K-8: Click here to download Honeybee Conservancy's FREE Sponsor-A-Hive Educator's Kit - complete with lesson plans, worksheets and more!
Middle and High School: We recommend utilizing the amazing curriculums created by Project Neuron. More information here.
We also highly recommend checking out the Curriculum and Educational Tools organized by the Pollinator Partnership : http://www.pollinator.org/education.htm
Click here for the Plant a Bee Garden Brochure!
Click here to download The Honeybee Conservancy's Abuzz Magazine!
Classroom activity created by Project Neuron is available by clicking on the icon at the bottom of this page
Want to pair these lessons with a guided trip at the bee garden? Please email us at [email protected]
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