Students work in groups to research, design, build, and install a bee hotel, then observe insect activity around it.
These bricks aim to raise awareness of the importance of pollinators, develop ecological thinking, and foster hands-on collaboration through sustainable design.
This brick is a continuation of Make a Bee Hotel – Part 1. Make sure you have done part 1 beforehand.
Make sure that all the materials and tools that the students need to construct the bee hotel, are present. Prepare this in advance together with the students, by looking critically at the sketches and writing down what exactly will be needed. Ask questions and think ahead; ‘What if..’ ‘Should we then also need..’.
Looking back at the previous brick. Are all sketches finalised? Are there any questions or new ideas?
When the students have a clear design, they can start constructing. Make sure that all students know how to use the building tools, and supervise the students while they work with them.
When the Bee Hotel is finished, it can be installed. Place the bee hotel in a sunny and dry location, facing south or southeast, and about 1 meter above the ground.
After installing the Bee Hotel, students can observe and reflect by monitoring which insects visit or nest in their Bee Hotel. Bee Hotels can be improved according to the observations.
Methods that can be used are the User Testing (each group focussing on their own Bee Hotel) or Similarities and Differences (focussing on all Bee Hotels).
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