Education | Apr 09, 2020

Free At Home Educational Activities About Agriculture: Week 3

This week 's at home educational activities are all about pollinators!

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This week’s at home educational activities are all about pollinators!

1. K-2 Science & English Language Arts

Play My American Farm's game, The Buzz! In this game, players will travel to "Pollinatorville" and discover the important role bees and butterflies play in food production. Also, hone K-2 English Language Arts skills with the accompanying Sweet Pollination activity sheet

Act out pollination with these fun puppets and practice rhyming with bee poetry in these lessons from The Beeman Educator's Guide!

2. Grades 6-8 English Language Arts

Learn about honeybees and beekeeping in this blog series: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3.

Before you read: Write a few sentences about what you know about honeybees.

Then read the blog series. Compare what you learned to what you already knew. Write down the new knowledge then share with someone!

           

3. Grades 5-12 Science

Are you up to the challenge? In this Purple Plow Puzzler, build a honeycomb hive that can hold 5 pounds!

4. Grades 5-12 English Language Arts

Exercise your creativity with this poetry challenge from Purple Plow! Don’t forget to share!

5. Any age! Science

"Meet" a real beekeeper in this video from America's Heartland.

 

Looking for more science activities to do at home? Check out Bayer's Science at Home Series!

If you missed it, check out the Week 1 and Week 2 activities, too!

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