We learned that bees use their long tongue to suck nectar from flowers. This tongue is called the proboscis. We also learned that while bees are sucking nectar, pollen sticks to their legs. When bees fly to other flowers, they leave a little bit of pollen behind! At Mrs. Pfountz's table, we pretended to be bees. We sucked nectar from our flower.
This group is drawing the life cycle of the bee. We learned that all bees start as an egg within a cell. The egg will turn into a larva and then a pupa. Once the bee is fully developed, it eats it's way out of the cell and is ready to be an adult bee!
These kids are making bees out of cardboard and yarn!
I went to visit my in-laws near Roanoke, VA this weekend. My husbands grandfather has an apple orchard there. He kept bee hives to help pollinate his trees. This is one of the old hives that is no longer in use.
After we drank our nectar, we flew to other flowers. The pollen that stuck to us from the last flower was left on the new flower.
This group is drawing the life cycle of the bee. We learned that all bees start as an egg within a cell. The egg will turn into a larva and then a pupa. Once the bee is fully developed, it eats it's way out of the cell and is ready to be an adult bee!
Thanks to Todo Math for allowing us to be part of their pilot program! We have full access to the math app until the end of 2014.
These kids are making bees out of cardboard and yarn!
These kids are playing the shape fill in game. They are rolling dice and filling in that number of squares. The first person to fill the entire shape is the winner!
I went to visit my in-laws near Roanoke, VA this weekend. My husbands grandfather has an apple orchard there. He kept bee hives to help pollinate his trees. This is one of the old hives that is no longer in use.
