Team Bees
TEAM BEES
Activity 1: Insects observation
Students detected insects in their area. Then, each team decided to collect information about two of them and present them in a common canva. As a result, they created a poster including details such as insect name, size, color, place, food, body parts, reproduction process, dangers, and possible date of celebration. The outcomes became QR codes. Additionally, an online game assessed their new knowledge.
Insects game- Formative Assessment
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Activity 2: Parts of the bee
The teams had the opportunity to present the results of the previous activity and focus on bees, as an insect that connects the partner countries and for its importance for the planet. On 11/04/2024 the schools met online at 11:15 CET and drew together the parts of the bee.
Drawing process:
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Activity 3: Bee brainstorming
Partners created a common brainstorming about the things they know about bees.
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Activity 4: Bee stories- Celebrating International Children's Book Day
Each team read a story outside about bees. For example in the playground, on the grass etc.
Bee Stories- Celebrating International Children's Book Day
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Activity 5: Bee Art Gallery
The teams used waste materials to create bees and presented them in an Art Gallery.
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Activity 6: Bee Code
The schools designed a common map and in specific spots of the route they inserted regional flowers that favor the pollination. Then, they dressed up as bees and performed the route outdoors reaching the beehive at the end. When students found a flower they danced.
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Activity 7: Interactive Bees Dictionary
Each team created a bee like in the instructions and said “bee” in the maternal language by creating a video in Chatterpix, to make an Interactive Bees Dictionary.
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Activity 8: Beehive Hunt
Students found beehives and took a picture. They learned how bees build their nests and invited a specialist to school.
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Activity 9: Bee Natural products
Students did research and find bee products. They chose one and prepare it outside (cooking, moisturizing cream, beeswax bags etc.).
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Activity 10: Be(e) the change
Each school found a different way to help the bees and presented it. The final result became a magazine with the proposals to protect the bees.
Protection Tips:
Vasiliko: home for bees & plant flowers
Avlonari (Eleni): Poster about the use of pesticides
Susana (Portugal): Decorate glass pots with colorful pictures of bees and flowers to recycle mayo jars. (sell them to raise money for local preservation association.)
Vlkanová, Slovakia: watering hole with water.
Ewa: hotel for bees and other insects
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Activity 11: Talkative Bees
Students presented stories of bees in short videos, answering the questions "What have they seen?", "Which are the risks they face?" etc. This activity becomes a formative assessment of the new knowledge students' acquired.
Pictures from meeting- Bees Team
EBI Francisco Ferreira Drummond, Portugal
4th Kindergarten of Vasiliko
4th Kindergarten of Vasiliko
Kindergarten of Avlonari, Greece (Eleni)
