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Honey Bees: A Pollination Simulation

Students identify the parts of a honey bee, the stages of its life cycle, and its role in pollination.

Grades
3 – 5
Estimated Time
2 hours
Updated
December 12, 2024
students outside doing pollination activity
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Background

Lesson Activities

Recommended Companion Resources

Credits

Author

Lynn Wallin | Utah Agriculture in the Classroom

Standards

National Content Area Standards

  • Science
    • 3-LS1: From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
      • 3-LS1-1: Develop models to describe that organisms have unique and diverse life cycles but all have in common birth, growth, reproduction, and death.
    • 4-LS1: From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
      • 4-LS1-1: Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
      • 4-LS1-2: Use a model to describe that animals receive different types of information through their senses, process the information in their brain, and respond to the information in different ways.