Bees, Pollination and Food

Bees pollinate at least a third of everything we eat and play a vital role in sustaining our ecosystems, therefore they need to be valued and protected. In this lesson, students will be introduced to the connection between bees, flowering plants and food through a range of activities. They will view a short explanatory video about the symbiotic relationship between bees and plants. Students use mathematics skills to explore interesting facts about bees. The class will then create a visual learning display by reading snippets of information about bees, their role as pollinators and our dependence on bees for food production. Students complete a mini maths problem to reveal information and then come up with questions that connect to the information they have read. A set of visual prompts is provided to guide students to write a short piece that summarises their understanding of role of bees in food production.