5E Lesson

Group/Teacher: Ms. Erin Crisfulli

Lesson objective(s):
To learn how and why bees pollinate.
Safety Requirements:
Ensure that there are no food allergies to Cheetos in the classroom.
Equipment List:
-Brown paper sacks
-White flower printout
-Bee printout
-Explanation worksheet
-A few bags of Cheetos (determine this by class size)
-Book What If There Were No Bees? by Suzanne Slade
-Pollination PowerPoint
TEKS/SEs:
3.9 (A) - observe and describe the physical characteristics of environments and how they support populations and
communities within an ecosystem
ENGAGEMENT

Describe how the teacher will capture students interest.

o Ask the students why they believe that bees are important. Have the students write down some reasons in their notebook.
o Watch the YouTube Video in PowerPoint on bees pollinating.
o Read What If There Were No Bees? By Suzanne Slade.

What kind of questions should the students ask themselves after the engagement?
o Are the actions that the bees are doing important Why?
o What would happen if the bees disappeared?

EXPLORATION

Describe what hands-on/minds-on activities students will be doing.

o Students will be pollinating flowers with their Cheeto fingers

Each student will be given a white paper flower, a brown sack with Cheetos inside, and a bee finger puppet.

Have the students cut out the while flower and glue it onto the bag. They can also color their bee finger puppet if time allows.

The students will rotate around the classroom while the Flight of the Bumblebee is playing in the background. During this time,
students will fly to a bag, get a Cheeto out of the bag then fly off.

Students are allowed to eat the Cheetos but they are NOT ALLOWED TO LICK THEIR FINGERS.

When the music stops, each student must land on a white flower with their Cheeto hand. (doing this will allow the cheese residue
to stick on the while flower)

Continue the activity for about 15 minutes (unless you run out of Cheetos before that)

MAKE SURE THAT THE STUDENTS ARE USING THE HAND WITH THE BEE PUPPET TO GATHER CHEETOS AND TO
LAND ON THE WHITE FLOWERS.

List big idea conceptual questions the teacher will use to encourage and/or focus students exploration

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What is happening when you land on the flower?

How does landing on the flower effect pollination?
Does pollination occur every time a bee lands on a flower?

EXPLANATION

Student explanations should precede introduction of terms or explanations by the teacher. What questions or techniques will the teacher use to help
students connect their exploration to the concept under examination?
o Worksheet will be cut out and placed in science notebook. Students will write and explanation then draw a picture of how it relates to the
bee and pollination.

List higher order thinking questions which teachers will use to solicit student explanations and help them to justify their explanations.
o Worksheet will include the following directions:

My bag of Cheetos represents.

My hand represents.

When I touched my friends flower.

ELABORATION

Describe how students will develop a more sophisticated understanding of the concept.
o Have the students label and draw their own bee pollination cycle (in PowerPoint).

What vocabulary will be introduced and how will it connect to students observations?
o Pollination
o Petal
o Stamen
o Pollen
o Pistil
o Sepal
o Pollen Basket

How is this knowledge applied in our daily lives?

o Pollination occurs will all our nature. It is important to know how it happens and what happens if pollination no longer occurs.

EVALUATION

How will students demonstrate that they have achieved the lesson objective?
o They will have a section in their science notebooks that will have each activity done in class. The students can attach their empty brown
paper flower sacks in their notebook as well.

This should be embedded throughout the lesson as well as at the end of the lesson

Modifications:
If a student is allergic to Cheetos you could modify this activity by using stamp pads.

Assessments:
Review students science notebooks to ensure that they are understanding the pollination of bees and why it is important.
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All Student Materials:

-glue sticks
-colors pencils or crayons
-scissors
-science notebook
-pencil
Teachers Guide:
-PowerPoint on pollination will follow each stage of the 5e lesson plan.
-Make sure you have all necessary materials for the activity.
-The exploration stage may take longer than 15 minutes with a larger class.
-This lesson plan is meant to be a one day long activity that can be completed in less than an hour.