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Fruit & Bees: How do Bees Produce our Food?

Explore how bees help produce foods by understanding the process of pollination and how fruits grow from flowers.

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grade:

2

5

time:

2-4 class periods

active lab time:

30

minutes

objectives:

- Identify the major parts of a plant that are involved in pollination
- Explain how bees help pollination
- Explore how pollination leads to the production of many food

science concepts:

adaptations, symbiosis, ecology, environmental science

essential questions:

- How do bees make our food?
- What is pollination and how can it lead to production of a fruit?
- Why do bees and plants need each other?

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