What an honour for us to bring our Bumble Bee Citizen Science Program to Alberta's first Bee City School! The Eco Leaders at Belvedere Parkway have been working hard to help solitary bees in their community. These students were excited to learn about how citizen science can help bumble bees as well.
Everyone took on the role of a different plant or animal in our local ecosystem. With the picture on their backs, they had to ask their friends to help them guess who they were.
 |
| Which Bird am I? |
 |
| Got it! A Two Form Bumble Bee. |
Forming a web helped us understand how we are all connected. Bumble bees need flowers and flowers need bumble bees. What happens to one of us could impact the rest.
 |
| Finding Connections |
Then we're off on our Biodiversity Colour Quest looking for living things in the schoolyard. How much biodiversity can we discover here?
 |
| Even the School Field is Full of Life |
 |
| A Beetle! Where to Put Him on the Colour Wheel? |
 |
Using Pigment from a Dandelion to Add Colour
|
This is the time of year when our queen bumble bees are emerging after a long winter of hibernation. Using actions and sounds we followed our queen through the season and learned all about what she needs to survive and to start her own colony.
 |
| Bombus huntii - Hunt's Bumble Bee |
Citizen scientists can work to help protect these precious pollinators. We each took on the role of either larva, pupa, or adult bee and raced to capture a citizen scientist (ball) to help save our species!
Until next time when we return to the school to go for a walk in the community. We'll take pictures of bumble bees we find and learn to submit them to BumbleBeeWatch.org!
Comments
Post a Comment