EXPLICIT INSTRUCTION LESSON PLAN FORMAT

Name: Wanda Burton Lesson Title: A Bees Life Grade: Kindergarten Type of Lesson: Duration: Introductory 1 hour Date of lesson: Oct. 24, 2012 Content Area: Life Science/Animals/Bees School: Rykers Ridge Elementary Multicultural Goals: Bennetts Core Value: reverence for the earth Bennetts Goal Five: increase awareness of the state of the planet To address Bennetts value and goal, students will be told how scientists suspect the global use of pesticides on our crops as a cause for Honey Bee Colony Collapse Disorder. Without bees to pollinate our crops, no food will grow and people in the world could starve to death. Assessment Tool(s): Worksheets Assessment Criteria: Students should identify the bees on the A Bee or Not a Bee worksheet with 100% accuracy. Students should complete the Honey Bee Anatomy worksheet with 100% accuracy.

Objective(s): Students will be able to distinguish and identify an image of a honey bee from other insects. Students will be able to characterize and summarize the functions of the primary anatomical characteristics of a honey bee.

Academic Standards: K.3.1 Observe and draw physical features of common plants and animals. K.3.2 Describe and compare living animals in terms of shape, texture of body covering, size, weight, color and the way they move. Differentiation/Adaptations: Students will be told to think about ways that honey bees get food and water and where they make their homes out in the wild. Higher skilled students will have the opportunity to share their thoughts on these subjects with the rest of the class. (Standard: 1.3.4 Describe how animals habitats, including plants, meet their needs for food, water, shelter and an environment in which they can live.) Advanced students could choose not to use the bee body template, but could instead create their own bees using the available craft materials.

Background Knowledge/Prerequisite Skills: No background knowledge is absolutely necessary, but having seen a live bee would be helpful.

Multiple Intelligences/Learning Styles & Blooms Levels: Visual learners will have the pictures of the bees to help them. Physical & Kinesthetic learners will enjoy making the bee craft. Auditory learners will find the bee video & oral review of the bee facts very helpful. Verbal & linguistic learners will gain a benefit from the oral review of bee parts & facts and the written worksheets. After this lesson, students will be at Blooms knowledge level.

Materials: A Bee or Not a Bee worksheet. A Bees Anatomy worksheet. Honey Bee Facts & Anatomy description pages The book, Little Bee or another childrens bee book. Computer & whiteboard to view U-tube video. Construction paper, scissors, tape/glue for bee body craft

Technologies Implemented: The computer will be used to watch a U-tube video on bees.

Modifications: Students who are unable to complete the worksheets could point, gesture, or speak the correct answer and another student or a student aid could write the answer for them. Anticipatory Set: Read the book Little Bee by Edward Gibbs or another bee book of your choice. Watch the U-tube video about honey bees at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrfd8gEUakY Ask students if anyone has ever been stung by a bee, and let them tell about it. Procedures: After reading the book and watching the video, review the basic parts of a bee and the functions of each. Discuss the bee facts and ask for feedback. Have the children work in groups to construct the bee anatomy craft using colored construction paper. The crafts could also be copied on plain white paper and the children could color them. To assess their understanding of the lesson, have them complete the A Bee or Not a Bee & A Bees Anatomy worksheets. Closure: Students should now be able to identify a honey bee from other insects, and should be able to label & describe its various body parts. To explain how honey bees relate to real life, show students a bottle of honey and explain that it took several thousand honey bees to make it. Teach about how the bees made the honey in a future lesson. UDL Chart:

Multiple Means of Representation: print, video clip, oral discussion, images

Multiple Means of Engagement: work groups, difficulty levels, templates

Multiple Means of Expression: print, art work, story telling

A Bee or Not a Bee

Comparing Honey Bees with Other Insects
Circle the Correct Answer

Bee

Not a Bee

Bee

Not a Bee

Bee

Not a Bee

Bee

Not a Bee

Bee

Not a Bee

Bee

Not a Bee

Bee

Not a Bee

Bee

Not a Bee

Bee

Not a Bee

Antennae Head Compound Eye Small Eye Thorax Legs Wing Abdomen Stinger

bees wiggle them to smell and feel contains the eyes, antennae, mouth, and tongue hundreds of little eyes put together three small eyes form a triangle and are used to detect light contains the 2 pairs of wings and 3 pairs of legs used for walking, cleaning antennae, storing pollen 2 sets of flat, thin wings, front wings are larger than back wings stomach and other digestive parts in female bees only, used to defend itself

A Bees Anatomy

A
B G

D F

C
Match the letter to the bee part
_____ Head _____ Compound Eye _____ Leg _____ Thorax _____ Antennae _____ Abdomen _____ Wings

HONEY BEE FACTS

The Honey Bee:
has been around for millions of years, and was brought to America by the Pilgrims. took approximately 200 years to migrate across America. has hair covering its body. can fly 15 miles per hour for up to 6 miles. makes a buzzing sound by beating its wings 183 times per second. is the only insect that produces food eaten by man. female has a stinger on its abdomen that is full of venom, but a male does not. will die once it stings you.

brain is oval in shape and only about the size of a sesame seed, yet it has remarkable capacity to learn and remember things