Spring has sprung & the Stanford Trees are embarking on our bee-unit!!!
We have some serious bee experts on our hands, only mid-way through our first week of learning about bees!
So far, we have learned about the parts of the bee and each created our own bees that are now flying in our classroom library!
We have learned that like all insects, bees have three body parts: head,
thorax and abdomen. They have six legs, two antenna, and a stinger.
Stanford Trees are amazed that:
"Worker bees have a curved stinger, so their insides come out when they sting, and that's why they die after they sting someone!" --Jorge
"The worker bees do all the work, while the queen bee lays the eggs and the drone bees look for the queen bee to mate!" --Vanessa
"When bees go to find honey, to find their way back to their home they just follow the sun." --Yazil
"Different types of bees come from different places. The bees in the U.S. came from Europe!" --Rhonicia
"Queen bees can sting over and over again!" --Jesus
"If a new queen bee comes into a hive, the OLD queen bee must leave with honey in her belly and half the bees to start a new colony!" --Adrian
We have been working so hard to study bees in real expository books, and listening closely to the main idea in each section, and the details that support the main idea. We are keeping track of all we learn in our very own Beeologist Journals!
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