Bugscope across the Bugscope across the curriculumcurriculum

By: Mike ZulegerBy: Mike Zuleger

Before/ real thingBefore/ real thing This picture is pretty This picture is pretty

basic, I was trying to basic, I was trying to draw a bee with 2 sets of draw a bee with 2 sets of wings closely togetherwings closely together

This is bee’s body found This is bee’s body found on bugscopeon bugscope

I’ve learned how detailed I’ve learned how detailed a bee’s body is. There a bee’s body is. There are many tiny hairs that I are many tiny hairs that I didn’t know about.didn’t know about.

If I drew another picture, If I drew another picture, I would put a lot more I would put a lot more detail into the bee’s detail into the bee’s head, wings, body, and head, wings, body, and legs.legs.

Honey bees make combs in their Honey bees make combs in their nest in order to store honey and nest in order to store honey and have their young.have their young.

During the winter months the bees During the winter months the bees “hibernate” in their honey, so they “hibernate” in their honey, so they can live for many years and don’t can live for many years and don’t get killed off every winter.get killed off every winter.

Male and Female beesMale and Female bees

Male bees, Drones, do not collect honey or Male bees, Drones, do not collect honey or have a stinger, their only purpose is to have a stinger, their only purpose is to mate with the queen bee. mate with the queen bee.

Worker bees, young females, are the Worker bees, young females, are the smallest bees in the colony; therefore, smallest bees in the colony; therefore, their life span will be very short. their life span will be very short.

A worker bee’s lifespan can be only thirty-A worker bee’s lifespan can be only thirty-five days. five days.

The honey bee’s sting contains about 20 The honey bee’s sting contains about 20 different substances in its venom. different substances in its venom.

A bee’s wingsA bee’s wings

Its wings flap over Its wings flap over 11,000 times per 11,000 times per minute. In order to minute. In order to make honey, the make honey, the worker bees bring the worker bees bring the pollen back to other pollen back to other worker bees in the worker bees in the hive. hive.

The worker bees in the The worker bees in the hive then fan down hive then fan down the pollen in order to the pollen in order to make the honey. make the honey.

HabitatHabitat

Honey bees Honey bees normally live in a normally live in a cool habitat in the cool habitat in the shade, in hollowed shade, in hollowed out trees, walls of out trees, walls of homes, or lower homes, or lower branches of trees.branches of trees.

NSES StandardsNSES Standards

Content Standard E:Content Standard E:– Abilities of technological designAbilities of technological design– Understanding about science and Understanding about science and

technologytechnology

Standards are met by–Standards are met by–– An appropriate problem for tech. design An appropriate problem for tech. design

is metis met– Students are using appropriate tools for Students are using appropriate tools for

solve the problemsolve the problem

Standards are met by - Standards are met by -

Bugscope is acceptable and suitable Bugscope is acceptable and suitable to meet the objective of learning to meet the objective of learning more about bugsmore about bugs

Students can discuss what problems Students can discuss what problems they had with Bugscope and what they had with Bugscope and what improvement can be madeimprovement can be made

AuthenticAuthentic

Authentic because Authentic because more info can be more info can be gained by Bugscopegained by Bugscope

More high power More high power microscopemicroscope

Discuss the difference Discuss the difference in microscope in your in microscope in your classroom to classroom to Bugscope’s Bugscope’s microscopemicroscope

Below is a bee’s Below is a bee’s eyeeye

3 Literature Sources3 Literature Sources

Fuzzy beeFuzzy bee, by Roger Priddy, we can look , by Roger Priddy, we can look at this early childhood book to get an at this early childhood book to get an understanding why we have understanding why we have misconceptions of bees.misconceptions of bees.

The Little book of Bees,The Little book of Bees, by Karl Weiss by Karl Weiss and C.H. Vergara, is a book that is and C.H. Vergara, is a book that is written for non-scientist and gives a lot written for non-scientist and gives a lot of great facts of a bee’s life, habitat, and of great facts of a bee’s life, habitat, and what a bee looks like.what a bee looks like.

Literacy Sources cont.Literacy Sources cont.

To Bee or Not to Bee: A Book for To Bee or Not to Bee: A Book for Beeings Who Feel There's More to Beeings Who Feel There's More to Life Than Just Making Honey, Life Than Just Making Honey, by John by John Penberthy and Laurie Barrows, give Penberthy and Laurie Barrows, give an profound look of the life of a an profound look of the life of a worker bee. worker bee.

2 ways to apply cross-2 ways to apply cross-curriculumcurriculum

Apply it to a reading lesson. Read an Apply it to a reading lesson. Read an in-depth description of a bee and in-depth description of a bee and apply it to the bugscope picture.apply it to the bugscope picture.

Apply it to a mini math lesson. Apply it to a mini math lesson. Because we will be using a Because we will be using a microscope that enhances the picture microscope that enhances the picture x-times, make sure the students x-times, make sure the students understand how enhanced the picture understand how enhanced the picture is going to be.is going to be.

Web sites visitedWeb sites visited

http://www.greensmiths.com/http://www.greensmiths.com/bees.htmbees.htm

http://www.insecta-inspecta.com/http://www.insecta-inspecta.com/bees/honey/index.htmlbees/honey/index.html