Bees Play Lesson
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Everyone has seen a puppy or a kitten play, but what about insects? Do they play too? Scientists use clear criteria to determine if a behavior is play or not. Join us to learn how scientists designed an experiment to figure out if bumble bees play.
This lesson is based on “Do bumble bees play?” in the journal Animal Behaviour and “How do bumble bees play?” in Science Journal for Kids and Teens.
Explore these resources to learn more about bumble bees, object play, and the importance of insects:
Transcript
Hey everyone! Welcome to this interactive lesson from Science Journal for Kids and Teens. This lesson is all about animal behavior, specifically insects’ ability to play. There are lots of types of play, and here we’ll learn about a clever experiment testing if bees like to play with objects.
This interactive lesson is based on peer-reviewed academic research and follows the same structure as a scientific paper: with an introduction, a methods, a results, and a discussion section. First we’ll start you off with a short video that has information in it. Then, you’ll find a list of key points. Make sure to take time to explore this page and look at all the interactive videos, diagrams, and figures.
The end of each section has a collection of checkpoint questions to make sure that you understood the information. These are really cool because they allow you check your answers and even retry questions.
Once you’ve worked your way through all the sections of the lesson, make sure to take the final quiz. But be careful here because you can’t check your answers or retry questions like you could before. After you’re done, you’ll see your score and the questions that you missed.
Finally, you’ll get to a summary screen. You might want to take a screenshot of this to show your teachers that you actually completed the lesson.
We hope you have fun and learn a lot! Thanks for interacting with us here at Science Journal for Kids and Teens!
Everyone has seen a puppy or a kitten play, but what about insects? Do they play too? Scientists use clear criteria to determine if a behavior is play or not. Join us to learn how scientists designed an experiment to figure out if bumble bees play.
This lesson is based on “Do bumble bees play?” in the journal Animal Behaviour and “How do bumble bees play?” in Science Journal for Kids and Teens.
Explore these resources to learn more about bumble bees, object play, and the importance of insects:
Hey everyone! Welcome to this interactive lesson from Science Journal for Kids and Teens. This lesson is all about animal behavior, specifically insects’ ability to play. There are lots of types of play, and here we’ll learn about a clever experiment testing if bees like to play with objects.
This interactive lesson is based on peer-reviewed academic research and follows the same structure as a scientific paper: with an introduction, a methods, a results, and a discussion section. First we’ll start you off with a short video that has information in it. Then, you’ll find a list of key points. Make sure to take time to explore this page and look at all the interactive videos, diagrams, and figures.
The end of each section has a collection of checkpoint questions to make sure that you understood the information. These are really cool because they allow you check your answers and even retry questions.
Once you’ve worked your way through all the sections of the lesson, make sure to take the final quiz. But be careful here because you can’t check your answers or retry questions like you could before. After you’re done, you’ll see your score and the questions that you missed.
Finally, you’ll get to a summary screen. You might want to take a screenshot of this to show your teachers that you actually completed the lesson.
We hope you have fun and learn a lot! Thanks for interacting with us here at Science Journal for Kids and Teens!
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– they’ll help with the final quiz.
of the final screen and share it with your teacher.
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