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Closing (5-10 minutes)
 At the end gather students for closing.
 Ask students if they have any questions.
 Ask the student to turn to their neighbor and tell them two things they learned today, ask them if they would
like to share.
 Ask one last time what they can do to help bees? Plant Flowers!!

Assessment:

 Before the program, conduct a pre-course survey and ask the students:
 What they already KNOW about bees?
 What they WONDER about bees?
 What they want to LEARN about bees?

Consider making a “KWL” (know, wonder, learn) board, and bring it to the classroom in a “pre-visit” a week or
two before your lesson. This will get them thinking about bees and excited for the program. Give each student
two sticky notes for what they “know” and what they want to “learn” about bees.

Post-course, ask the students what they “learned” about bees, have them fill out two sticky notes, and post them
to the KWL board to complete the lesson. You can do this on-site, or a day or two after the lesson (back in the
classroom).

Beeswax Station
Beeswax sheets
Teaching Props for Pollination and Honey Activity Beeswax candle
Q and A printout Wicks
1 lb. jar of honey Beeswax chunk
Measures: 1 cup, 1 teaspoon, 1/12 of a teaspoon Plastic foundation
Faux flowers Baggies
Plush bee Crayons
Book to read Stamps
Hive with teaching frames* Ink
Bee costumes
Shopping basket with an apple, pear, strawberries, almonds, etc. Bee Habitat Station
(bee pollinated foods) as well as baggies of oats and rice. Model garden
Native bee poster* Model farm
Native bee house* Seeds
* in-case questions come up, it’s great to have visual teaching
aids on-hand. Find recourses for frame posters on pg 78. Honey Tasting Station
Toothpicks
Bees and Beekeeping Station Baby wipes
Observation hive with bees Pollen
Smoker Honey (several varieties)
Gloves Honey wheel
Veil/Helmet Honey flavor/color fold out
Kid-friendly microscopes with slides of bee parts
Books to flip through Other
Jars to catch bees (if you are outside) Thank you cards and honey sticks for volunteers
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