Bees - Science@Minecraft

Pose the following questions to your Student Teams at the start of the Lesson in the Curriculum. Students can address 4 questions per week adding their Sustainable Creations into the Minecraft World.

1. What is Pollination?
2. What are stamens & pistils? What are the different Parts of a flower?
3. How is the pollen transferred to the stigma? What are the Agents of Pollination?
4. How do Bees act as pollinators?
5. Do all flowers have male & female reproductive parts?
6. What are the different Types of Pollination?
7. Why do bees visit flowers? What is Nectar?
8. Why is honey used in medicines? What is so special about the Components of honey?
9. Where do bees store honey? What are Beehives & honey comb?
10. What is an Apiary?
11. What is a Pollinator Garden?
12. What makes for an effective Pollinator Garden?

1. Student Teams take up the Challenge and answer 4 questions per week - using the Research and Planning that they conduct via Microsoft Teams (Remote Learning).
2. Students will regularly update the progress of the Team in the OneNote Class Notebook and maintain a Bibliography in Wakelet of the Scientific Evidence that they gathered during their Microsoft Teams Connect Calls.
3. For Assessment, Student Teams will use the Creative & Narrative Tools in Minecraft: Education Edition i.e. Slate, Poster, Board, Signs & NPCs, and record a Walkthrough of the Minecraft World using Flipgrid.
4. Students will be assessed through a Kahoot! Quiz.

1. Students will be able to apply their knowledge of Science to find solutions to the Real-World Problem of the depleting Bee Population.
2. Students will be able to curate a Bibliography in Wakelet.
3. Student Teams will apply the knowledge gained to “construct answers” block-by-block to explain the content in the best possible way empowered by Microsoft Teams Connect Calls & the Multiplayer Mode in Minecraft: Education Edition.
4. Students will demonstrate their Communication Skills & application of ICT Knowledge to record a walkthrough in Flipgrid.
5. Most students will score atleast 90% in the Kahoot Quiz.