Buzzing A Hive
Amanda Douglass and Lauren Massimo
| Description |
| Concept Map |
| Assessment Plan |
| Rubric |
| Calendar |
| Resources |
| Lesson Plan 1 |
| Lesson Plan 2 |
| Orientation Video |
| Clinical Interviews |
| Modifications |
| Elementary Science Methods Home |
Clinical Interviews
Clinical Interview 1, Clinical Interview 2Clinical Interview: Jacob (Age 5)
Question #1:
Do you like bees? Why or Why not?
Answer:
I like bees. I like all animals.
Question #2:
Do you think that bees are friendly?
Answer:
No, because they sting people
Question #3:
Where do you think bees live?
Answer:
Beehives
Question #4:
What do you think bees eat?
Answer:
Honey, they get from pollen
Question #5:
Where do you think hives are located?
Answer:
They are in trees
Question #6:
Where do bees store honey?
Answer:
In safe places in the hive
Question #7:
Do you think that bees have different roles in the hive?
Answer:
No, they all live and work together
Question #8:
Who do you think lays the eggs?
Answer:
The queen bee.
Question #9:
Do you think she is bigger or the same size as the other bees?
Answer:
Bigger
Question # 10:
What is another name for a baby bee?
Answer:
Said he did not know, and then when I gave him the answer he said he knew that.
Question #11:
Do you know what the nurse bees do?
Answer:
They help the bees that are hurt
Question #12:
Do you know what stage comes after larvae?
Answer:
Big Bees. Did not know.
Analysis
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The child is not clear on roles that bees have. This lesson will be helpful for him to learn and understand the roles that each member of the hive has.
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The child knew general information about a beehive, but the lesson will enhance his understanding of the importance that the beehive plays in the lives of the bee colony.
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The child did not know much about the stages of the life cycle of bees. The lesson will enhance understanding and give him clear visual aids to help in his understanding.
Interview with Sarah K. – age 6, kindergarten
What do you know about insects?
They have to have a certain amount of legs.
Do you know how many legs insects have?
Six or eight I think. Six.
What do you know about bees?
That they can sting you. Yeah, but they have to be a honeybee to sting you. When they sting someone they die.
Are bees insects?
I think they’re insects.
What else do you know about bees?
That they live in a hive. And when bees get nectar and then they come over and then they come back and they mix it all up and they put it in their hive and then people come to the hive to get honey.
What else do you know about nectar?
It’s pollen, but then it comes out of the flower.
Do bees like nectar?
Yes.
What do bees use nectar for?
For making honey. They take it in and carry it somewhere in their body and then they go back to their hive and make it come out when they are making honey. And I know something else. That spiders are not insects. But they ARE bugs.
Do you know how a bee collects the nectar?
No.
Do you know where bee hives come from?
I know where they put them – in trees. And sometimes when you tap them with a stick wasps come out of them if you don’t have very good eyesight.
You said something about pollen earlier. What do you know about pollen?
It comes from a flower and it’s the yellow stuff. Sometimes they put it on them and it falls off them.
Do you know why a bee collects pollen?
When it comes off of them it goes in a flower so each flower can live so each flower can come back.
After a bee collects pollen, how does a bee find his way home?
He uses his eyes.
Do you think bees have a way of telling each other where to find the flowers?
I don’t know. But they don’t talk. In real life bees don’t talk, they buzz to each other.
Analysis
- This student would benefit from a discussion of the definition of insects. The first lesson in Buzzing a Hive involves a discussion of body parts (head, thorax, abdomen, six legs, etc.). This particular lesson would have made this clearer to her.
- She illustrates knowledge of what nectar is used for, but has no knowledge of how it is collected. The proboscis and its function are addressed in Lesson 2, and would teach this point.
- She knows the function of pollen and how it is collected.
- She doesn’t know how hives are made. I would refer to Lesson 3 to teach this.
- She has no prior knowledge of bee dances, which is the primary focus of this lesson (Lesson 6). As an assessment, at the end of this unit, I would ask her describe or dramatically illustrate this process (dance).