Bee

Bee Hotel
Hotel
Year 5 - Sustainability goal 15: Life on land

The Problem: Bees are a vital part of our ecosystem. It is

estimated that a third of the food we eat is dependant on bee
pollination. Without bees, the world is in trouble. The bee
population around this area is currently on a decline and the
school needs your help!

TASK: Your task is to design and build a bee habitat

that encourages the bees to stay in the area, and for their
population to grow. The habitat must include a bee hotel, and
a small flower garden that can be placed within the school
grounds. The bee hotel must be waterproof, secure, and allow
easy access for the bees to enter and exit. The flower garden
must include two types of flowers that the bees can
use to pollinate.

Project Specifications: Your task is to design and build a bee

habitat that encourages the bees to stay in the area, and for
their population to grow. The habitat must include a bee hotel,
and a small flower garden that can be placed within the school
grounds. The bee hotel must be waterproof, secure, and allow
easy access for the bees to go enter and exit. The flower
garden must include two types of flowers that the bees
can use to pollinate.
Materials:
- Paper straws,
- nesting tubes
- Rolled up paper
- Weatherproof house (milk
carton, large drink bottle,
large tin can).
- Sticks or other natural
materials that can be
found around the school.
- Recycled Pots or
containers
- Soil
- Flower seeds
Generating designs: Using the
available materials, you must
come up with 2 possible designs
of a bee habitat. Your designs
must be annotated with
- what materials you chose
and why you chose them
- which flowers you chose
and why.
You will then choose a design
you wish to make and indicate
on your drawing why you chose
that design

Evaluation: The evaluation of your project will take the form of

a 3 minute presentation to your peers.

Presentation: Your presentation must include the following:

- an explanation of what materials and flowers you chose and
why
- Display your original design and discuss any changes that
were made and why
- A reflection of how successful your bee habitat was in
consideration to its function, aesthetics and materials used in
the production

Project management and time: You will be learning about

bees and their importance for the duration of the next 8 weeks.
4 of the next 8 lessons will be dedicated solely to the design,
production and evaluation of your bee habitat.