Crabbes Creek STEM Unit Bees Weekly Learning Experiences

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Bees weekly learning experiences

Week 2

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Focus question

What is our area of study?

Topic

Questions

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English

selection of topic – review the process
formulating our driving question
mind maps of areas of interest
writing questions – How to write a deep open ended question that is personalised to our school and its students.

Science

mind maps of areas of interest
formulating our driving question

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Week 3

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Focus question

What is our goal – our end game?

Topic

Bees and our focus

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English

selection of end goal and what is our aim of this project?
Community information session. We would like to inform the community about the current bee problem. We want to show the community the bees in our school. We want to inform our community about what we can all do to help the problem.
capture interest and enthusiasm. YouTube videos Plan of action
time line
identify bees
research info
make brochures and posters
make an ad?
talk to an expert!
milestones

Science

initial bee observation in the school grounds
fill out observation record sheet

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Week 4

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Focus question

What information is important to share?

Topic

Research and delegate topics

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English

decide on the exact information we want to give at our community information afternoon
sugar bag
bee facts
bee extinction
honey bee
What bees do?
bees at school
types of bees
What do bees like?
begin to research bee information

Science

follow up bee observation in school grounds.
fill out observation record sheet.
identifying bees in our school grounds

Geography

finding out where bees – particularly the ones in our school are found.

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Week 5

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Focus question

How can we effectively share information?

Topic

brochures

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English

looking at brochures. What features does an effective brochure use (colour, space, design techniques)?
annotate and critique existing brochures
emphasis intention!

Science

bee research

Technology

research – talk about effective/reliable
Websites/plagiarising etc.

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Week 6

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Focus question

How is the sugar bag bee hive constructed?

How can posters be used effectively to raise awareness and give information?

Topic

design

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English

continue/finish off brochures
look effective use of posters
What features does an effective poster use? (space, colours, design techniques)
annotate and critique existing posters
emphasis intention!

Mathematics

properties of a hexagon parallel lines, angles, congruent lines and angles, sum of angles = 720 degrees.
measurement – cm, millimetres
construction

Science

bee hives – how are they constructed?

YouTube channel – Geoff from Buderim – watch his sugar bag bee hives, watch him transfer a sugar bag bee hive

Engineering

make a model of a sugar bag bee hive
design a prototype which is then critiqued by the class and one prototype chosen for the whole class to use.

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Week 7

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Focus question

How can we most effectively use film for awareness raising?

Topic

film making – Vox Pop

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English

continue posters
film pre production
establish purpose and intention, brainstorm ideas , choose location, story map, write script

Technology

research and critique Vox Pop films

Engineering

continue hive model

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Week 8

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Focus question

How can we most effectively use film for awareness raising?

Topic

film making – Vox Pop

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English

continue posters
film Production
filming
start to brainstorm what our community information session will look like, list intentions, story-board.
allocate topics to students and order of presenting

Technology

film production
film/audio as separate files
learn or refine the use of PowerPoint.

Science

bee enthusiast visit by Suzie Dyris

Mathematics

time – seconds, minutes, adding time calculating how long.

Engineering

continue hive model

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Week 9

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Focus question

How can we prepare for an effective community?

Topic

editing film and preparing presentation

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English

film post production
editing
information session
prepare PowerPoint slides and what each speaker will say for each slide

Science

walking excursion to Warren’s house. Local Crabbes Creek resident with bee hives

Technology

film post production
editing

Mathematics

time – seconds, minutes, adding time calculating how long.

Engineering

continue hive model

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Week 10

Information session

Wed 29th June 9am and assessment

English

effective Public Speaking
watch YT videos
practice individually
perform to class
critque
as a class, design the assessment task for the unit. Students:
discuss whether knowledge is more important than skills used throughout the unit.
compromise and write a 2 page assessment. One page on knowledge and one page reflecting on the processes used throughout the term.