A Honeybee Hive Of Facts by Meghan

A Honeybee Hive Of Facts by Meghan - Transcript

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A Web Quest for 4th grade Science Designed by Meghan O Neil
Based on a tem plate from San Diego State University s The WebQuest Page

Introduction
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The Providence Children s Museum has selected several fourth grade classes from the state of Rhode Island to participate in launching a new exhibit on honeybees Y our class is one of the selected few They have asked your class to research interesting facts about the honeybee that you will then organize into an inform ational display Honeybees work extrem hard to m an am ely ake azingly engineered storage system for their honey The m useum hopes your class will work just as hard to put together a creative and am azing m ural to store large am ounts of interesting facts So get started and GOOD LUCK

The Task
Top Introduction Task Process Evaluation Conclusion Teacher page Credits Y ou have been asked to design a unique way to present the facts you have researched about the honeybee Working in groups of five you will be assigned to one of the five different topics Y ou will then research 10 specific facts about that topic The five topics that will researched are 1 Different roles the honeybees play in the hive 2 The life cycle of the honeybee 3 History of the honeybee 4 Products made from beeswax 5 How the honeybees communicate and their life style Each fact will be placed on an individual hexagonal piece of paper representing the com of a honeybee hive which will then be put bs together to construct a honeybee hive of facts to donate to the Providence Children s Museum We will be conducting our research at the school library using both educational trade books inform ative websites and any other appropriate resources such as m agazine or newspaper articles or encyclopedias Rem ber to cite work em

The Process
Top Introduction Task Process Evaluation Conclusion Teacher page Credits 1 First you ll be assigned to a team of five 2 Then you will be assigned a focus topic 3 Once you have been assigned the topic you will begin the researching process by visiting several links to help you to becom m familiar with the honeybee and gain some e ore possible facts on the specific topic you have been assigned
Honeybee Encyclopedia The Blessed Bee Encyclopedia Presentation Enter the Hive Tales from the Hive Bee Wikipedia encyclopedia Honey Bee Facts A Hive Full of Honeybee Facts Honeybees that Build Perfect Com bs

4 After exploring these websites you will be given time in the school library to explore books on the honeybee Som useful books to use as resources are e
Resources Books The Life and Times of the Honeybee by Charles Micucci The Magic School Bus Inside a Beehive by J oanna Cole illus by Bruce Degen From Blossom to Honey by AliMitgutsch The Bee Tree by Patricia Polacco

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Continued 5 Y ou m ight try beginning your research by collecting a large am ount of facts and then meeting to discuss the most interesting and unique 6 After you have decided on the ten m unique and interesting fact ost you will receive ten yellow hexagonal cardboard cut out the sam e shape as the honeybee com to put your ten facts on b 7 Finally once each group has neatly written their ten facts on their cardboard honeybee combs we will share each fact with the class and then put our m ural together 8 Last when the honeybee hive of facts is complete and put together we will have a field trip to the Providence Children s Museum to deliver it and spend the day exploring the other wonderful and education exhibits

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Evaluation
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Uses tim wisely e Failed to stay on task long enough to get the project done I ndividual Participation
Beginning 1 Developing 2 Accomplished 3 Exemplary 4 Score

A ccepted their assign role but failed to com plete their part

Accepted their assigned role and attempted to complete their designated part

Accepted their role and successfully accom plished com pleting their part Able to stay on task with very little guidance and com plete their part of the project

Accepted their role and successfully completed their role while facilitating the completion of the project

Had to be reminded several times to stay on task but eventually finished their part

Able to stay on task with no supervision to com plete their part of the project Worked well in a group while trying to facilitate the com pletion of the project

Works Cooperatively in a Group

Failed to work well in a group

Worked well in a group with som e supervision

Worked well in a group with very little to no supervision

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Evaluation continued
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Com pleted project was accurate Accuracy needs im provem ent Accuracy was satisfactory A ccuracy was excellent A ccuracy was exceptional Works neatly respects m aterials and facilities Neatness and respect for m aterials and supplies need im provem ent Shows respect at m tim ost es and work is com pleted neatly Work shows extrem care e Dem onstrates and respect at all consideration tim and es while work is very working with neat outstanding respect

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Conclusion
Top Introduction Task Process Evaluation Conclusion Teacher page Credits Other activities can be found at the following link to further the advancem of the honeybee topic and cover additional subject areas ent Additional Learning Activities

This project will hopefully accom plish teaching the students about m aspects of the honeybees They will also learn how to work any well in a group while utilizing book and internet sources Finally because this project is to be com pleted for the Providence Children s Museum they will also be able to experience other topics in history or science while delivering their project to the m useum

Credits Reference
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honeybees dancing second im from left on first slide age first im from the right on first slide age other im ages in slides

Resources
Life and Tim of the Honeybee The es by Charles Micucci

Source for Tem plate and Training Material
The WebQuest Page