Second graders follow a drop of nectar from a flower to a jar of honey, learning how thousands of busy honeybees gather, change, and store it, and put the steps in order.
Students will be able to…
The honey on your toast began as watery nectar inside a flower. How do thousands of bees gather it, change it, and store it as thick, sweet honey?
Project this and put the steps bees take to make honey in order — tap each one from the flower to the capped honeycomb.
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The honey on your toast started as watery nectar inside a flower. Thousands of bees worked together to change it. How does nectar become thick, sweet honey?
Students put the honey-making steps in order.
Students name the bee's job at each step.
Students retell honey-making.
Students reflect on honey-making.
Aligned to Next Generation Science Standards and Common Core literacy. State-standard crosswalks available on request.
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Have students draw the flower, bee, and hive, add arrows for the nectar's path, and label where it becomes honey, so the whole journey holds together. A printable how-bees-make-honey worksheet is in the Science library.
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