Beeing Beez Neez about Australian Stingless Native Bees

Introduction

Beeing Beez Neez about Australian Stingless Native Bees

Year 1 CURRICULUM SUBJECT AREA OF FOCUS: Science: Minibeasts

Materials: Students will be given an activity Booklet to complete tasks

Orientation

We are focusing on bees, in particular, the Australian Native Stingless bee. We will discover the value and importance of this bee to Indigenous Australians and to the Australian Native Environment.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OkY5CwQ-cI

Let us watch this video, then we are going to talk about what we know about bees in general.

Developing our inquiryWhat am I Learning Today (WALT)

After viewing the youtube: Brainstorming on the Whiteboard

  • What do you know about honey bees?

We are now introducing the Australian Native Stingless Honey Bee, https://youtu.be/p9qPT_RFQQQ Australian Native Honey Bee

  • What are the differences between the European Honey Bee and our native bee?

Learning styles: visual, auditory.

Lesson 1 

Lesson 2

  • Task 3: Discussion - Life Cycle - Use observation and investigation of our Native bees in our Eco-garden.  Are they the same as the European Honey Bee? Why is the Native Bee so valued in the Australian eco-system?
  • Task 4: Further Investigation. Observable Changes to the hive. What are they doing?

Lesson 3

  • Task 5: Research the types of plants we have in our Eco-garden, and what kinds of plants do the Native Bees prefer?
  • Task 6: Our friends from Bunnings have arrived with a 28 preferred native plants of our Stingless Bees. (Matching game)

Final Lesson: Listen to Boori Monte Prior's story about the Honey Bee. (Indigenous perspectives)

Evaluation/Reflection:

 

Conclusion:

Task

Lesson 1 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJAzlun3b2c

  • Task 1: Building a Native Bee Hive Box with Bunnings crew

     

  • Task 2: Installing our Native Bee Hive in the school's Eco-garden This lesson is being conducted in our Eco-garden.

Activities (Use google to answer the questions in your booklet and discover the Life cycle of a Bee)

What is an Apiarist (Ap-iar-ist)? 

Life Cycle of a Bee

What is Metamorphosis

What other insects do you know go through Metamorphosis? (Check out the google images files) List them

Lesson 2

  • Task 3: Life Cycle - Use observation and investigation of our Native bees in our Eco-garden. 

Anatomy of both bees:

Are they the same as the European Honey Bee? (Google both bees)

Activities

On the Drawings in the booklet, colour them in according to their differences, and label each part of the bees correctly. (Google some diagrams)

Why is the Native Bee so valued in the Australian eco-system? (Did you listen to the video when he said why they are important?) Put it in your own words......... Listen to the youtube again:  https://youtu.be/p9qPT_RFQQQ

  • Task 4: Further Investigation. Observable Changes to the hive. (Describe the changes and create a photographic log of your observations)

  • What can you see the bees doing?
  • Where do they go?
  • What do they eat?

Lesson 3

  • Task 5: Research the types of plants we have in our Eco-garden, and what kinds of plants do the Native Bees prefer?

Activity

Thinking like a Botanist! (What is a botanist?)

Guest Speaker: Ask an expert: Dr Felicity Adams PHd in Botany (James Cook University)

  • Task 6: Our friends from Bunnings have arrived with a 28 preferred native plants of our Stingless Bees. (Matching game)

This lesson is a physical lesson where we are going to plant more bee favourable native plants in our Eco-garden.

Final Lesson: Listen to Boori Monte Prior's story about the Honey Bee. (Indigenous perspectives)

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