Abstract
While working with a team of kindergarten teachers at an environmental science magnet school in Northern California, I found that lesson planning and design that capitalizes on young scientists’ willingness to share their ideas furthers robust ways of supporting ongoing changes in their students’ thinking. Together, we designed a sequence about human impact on the environment (K-ESS-3-3) for which students collected an analyzed data to build awareness of the role of honey bees in the environment.
SUPPLEMENTAL RESOURCE
Find a bee count recording sheet at https://doi.org/10.1080/00368148.2024.2340800.
ONLINE RESOURCES
California Academy of Sciences: Introduction to Scientific Sketching www.calacademy.org/educators/lesson-plans/introduction-to-scientific-sketching
How Stuff Works: Colony Collapse Disorder https://animals.howstuffworks.com/insects/colony-collapse-disorder.htm
Managing an Effective Outdoor Classroom www.greenschoolyards.org/outdoor-classroom-management
PBS Deep Look: Honey Bees Make Honey … and Bread? https://youtu.be/sAKkjD3nEv0
School Garden Almanac Case: Community & Citizen Science in Kinder https://www.schoolgardenalmanac.org/ecoregion-tools/case-studies/community-citizen-science-for-kinders
The Great Sunflower Project www.greatsunflower.org
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Carrie Strohl
Carrie Strohl ([email protected]) is founder and board president of The School Garden Doctor, https://schoolgardendoctor.org.