Students learn how bees communicate through movement and create their own non-verbal “dance language” to give directions.
To explore communication as a symbolic, cooperative process, in bees and humans.
Emotion in Motion. In pairs, students create a short sequence of movements expressing a specific feeling or message (e.g. joy, frustration, urgency, warning, curiosity).
After performing:
You can use the Mime and Guess method.
In small groups, students design a short choreography (30–60 seconds) combining elements of bee communication (precise, directional, rhythmic) with human expression (emotional, symbolic, creative).
Encourage them to consider:
Performance & peer feedback. Groups perform their choreography. After each one, peers respond to:
For the presentations you can use the methods of Café Presentation or the Presentation Bazaar.
For the feedback you can use the Two Stars and a Wish method.
Use the Waggle Dance Reflection Worksheet to reflect on this Brick.
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