Author: Windows User

Name:____________________

Busy Bees

Part 1:
Exploring a Bee’s Habitat
Draw a picture of a bee in its habitat.

Draw a magnified picture of a bee.

Draw a magnified picture of something in a bee’s habitat.

Discuss with the class:
What do bees need to survive?

What happens to your flower and the bee as it collects food? Look at the flower and the bee (hand). Color the pollen that you see with the correct color at each time during the day.

Beginning of Day

After 1st Visit/1st Meal

Did the bee get nectar?
Yes No

After 2nd Visit/2nd Meal

Did the bee get nectar?
Yes No

After 3rd Visit/3rd Meal

Did the bee get nectar?
Yes No

What type of data did you collect in your experiment? (circle one)
Observations Measurements Counting

Let’s Analyze Our Data
Did the bee get nectar? Yes No
What happened to the flower? ________________
_______________________________________

Flower Life Cycle
Watch life cycle video with class
Why is this important?

If they are
watered they
___________.

Plants start off as:
_______________.

With time, water, and sunlight they
_______________.

If the flowers are
___________ they will
produce seeds.

Seeds can grow into new plants.

Part 2:
Bee Structure

Discuss with the class the similarities and differences between these bees.

Which bee collected the most pollen?

	Plastic Glove	Velcro	Hand
Color the correct amount of pollen on each hand.

What type of data did you collect in your experiment? (circle one)
Observations Measurements Counting

Let’s Analyze Our Data
Which method had the most pollen stick to each bee?

Which method had the least pollen stick to each bee?

Draw two pictures, one of a bee that has a structure that will collect a lot of pollen, and one that will collect very little pollen.

Collects a lot
of pollen.

Collects a little pollen.

Flower Structure 1
Which bee collected the most pollen?

	Flower 1	Flower 2	Flower 3
Property:
Color the correct amount of pollen on each hand.

What type of data did you collect in your experiment? (circle one)
Observations Measurements Counting

Let’s Analyze Our Data
What was the property of the flower where the bee collected the most pollen? ____________________
________________________________________

What did you learn about pollen?________________________________
________________________________________________________

Flower Structure 2
Which flower was visited the most?

	Flower 1	Flower 2	Flower 3	Flower 4	Flower 5
Number of bees that visited flower.
Property: / _________ / _________

What type of data did you collect in your experiment? (circle one)
Observations Measurements Counting

Let’s Analyze Our Data
Put the flowers in order from most visited to least visited.
____ ____ ____ ____ ____

What is the function of ________________? _____________________
________________________________________________________

this structure

Flower Structure 3
Which color flower did bees go to the most?

	Red Flower	Orange Flower	Yellow Flower	Green Flower	Blue Flower	Purple Flower	White Flower	Clear Flower
Bee 1
Bee 2
Bee 3
Bee 4
Bee 5
Total

What type of data did you collect in your experiment? (circle one)
Observations Measurements Counting

Let’s Analyze Our Data
What is common about the structure of the flowers that were visited?__________________________
________________________________________

What is the function of ____________________?____________________________________
_______________________________________________________

this structure

Flower Structure 4
What type of flower did bees visit the most?

	Property of Type 1 Flower / ___________________	Property of Type 2 Flower / ___________________
Bee 1
Bee 2
Bee 3
Bee 4
Bee 5
Total

What type of data did you collect in your experiment? (circle one)
Observations Measurements Counting

Let’s Analyze Our Data
What type of flowers did bees go to more often?______________________________________
What is the function of _____________________?______________________________________

this structure

Part 3:
Pollinators and Flowers
What can flowers do to attract pollinators?
____________________________
____________________________
____________________________

How can bees find their favorite flower?

	Time to Find Flower with No Help	Time to Find Flower with Help
Bee 1
Bee 2

What type of data did you collect in your experiment? (circle one)
Observations Measurements Counting

Let’s Analyze Our Data
What do you notice about the times?____________
________________________________________

What is the function of _____________________________________?________________________________________________________

this structure

Review
Draw a picture of what you learned about flowers and pollinators.

I learned that_____________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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