Bees & Pollination

# Bees and Their Importance **Take a stroll through flowering meadows and uncover the buzzing world of bees.** Surround students in immersive VR experiences that illustrate how bees keep habitats thriving and show why protecting bee populations is key to healthy ecosystems. Discover how bees play a pivotal role in nature as essential pollinators. ## Key Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe the importance of bees as pollinators 2. Describe how humans manage bees using beehives ## How to Use This Playlist: This playlist includes a range of resources designed to help your students better understand bees, their role in an ecosystem, and the importance of preserving their populations. Here are some suggestions on how to use the resources: ***360° Images*** - With these 360° images, students can explore beehives and discover their purpose. Using these images, students discuss the positioning of beehives in open meadows near trees and flowers, how bees use beehives, and the importance of beehives in sustaining bee populations. - Apiary and Hives in a Meadow in Patagonia, 4K 360 Photo - Bees by Beehives ***Explorable Scene, Pollination*** - Students can shrink to the size of a bee to explore a wildflower meadow and climb aboard a busy bee spaceship. Here, they can watch pollination, follow a bee as it transfers pollen from one flower to another. Discuss with your students what they see happening after pollination takes place. - [Pollination](https://edvr.se/5DM-XKf-tE8/pollination-scene-rebuild) ***3D model, Masonry Bee*** - Students should observe and analyze the physical features of the bee in this model to discuss how pollen can be transferred. They should identify that the hair on the surface of a bee’s body allows pollen to stick to it as the bee flies from flower to flower. - Masonry Bee ***Bee Day, Thinglink*** - Buzz into a blooming flower meadow with this 360° image of bees flying among wildflowers near their hive. By interacting with the icons, students can dive deeper into the world of beehives and discover why managing bee populations is crucial for healthy ecosystems. - [Bee Day Thinglink](https://www.thinglink.com/scene/1976334634480304805) ***STEAM 3D Model, Honey Bee Worker*** - Observe and analyze a honeybee with this 3D interactive model. Students can discover and discuss what makes honey bees adapted to life as pollinators. **You will need an Eduverse+ subscription to access this resource.**