Pollinator Power

During Pollinator Power, students will:

• Experience a live hive
• Explore pollination in relation to food security
• Discover how the food we eat is reliant on bees
• Understand how we rely on bees for crop production and how bees are crucial in the agricultural industry
• Develop a desire to protect bees and understand ways in which they can action this; through their food choices; buying 100% Australian honey; planting pollinator friendly gardens
• Develop a desire to understand where honey within their food comes from and how this links to bee protection
• Explore the biology of a honey bee and relate this to how honey is produced
• Experience a tasting of 100% Australian honey and engaged in a discussion about how the plants affect the flavour profile

Australian Curriculum

Year 7

• Interactions between organisms, including the effects of human activities can be represented by food chains and food webs (ACSSU112)
• Some of Earth’s resources are renewable, including water that cycles through the environment, but others are non-renewable (ACSSU116)
• The influence of environmental quality on the liveability of places (ACHGK045)

Year 8

• Multicellular organisms contain systems of organs carrying out specialised functions that enable them to survive and reproduce (ACSSU150)
• Different types of landscapes and their distinctive landform features (ACHGK048)
• Human causes and effects of landscape degradation (ACHGK051)

Year 9

• Multi-cellular organisms rely on coordinated and interdependent internal systems to respond to changes to their environment (ACSSU175)
• Ecosystems consist of communities of interdependent organisms and abiotic components of the environment; matter and energy flow through these systems (ACSSU176)
• Distribution and characteristics of biomes as regions with distinctive climates, soils, vegetation and productivity (ACHGK060)
• Human alteration of biomes to produce food, industrial materials and fibres, and the use of systems thinking to analyse the environmental effects of these alterations (ACHGK061)
• Environmental, economic and technological factors that influence crop yields in Australia and across the world (ACHGK062)
• Challenges to food production, including land and water degradation, shortage of fresh water, competing land uses, and climate change, for Australia and other areas of the world (ACHGK063)
• The capacity of the world’s environments to sustainably feed the projected future global population (ACHGK064)

Year 10

• The theory of evolution by natural selection explains the diversity of living things and is supported by a range of scientific evidence (ACSSU185)
• Human-induced environmental changes that challenge sustainability (ACHGK070)
• Environmental world views of people and their implications for environmental management (ACHGK071)

Victorian Curriculum

Level 7 - Level 8

• There are differences within and between groups of organisms; classification helps organise this diversity (VCSSU091)
• Interactions between organisms can be described in terms of food chains and food webs and can be affected by human activity (VCSSU093)
• Human causes of landscape degradation, the effects on landscape quality and the implications for places (VCGGK119)

Level 9 - Level 10

• Multicellular organisms rely on coordinated and interdependent internal systems to respond to changes to their environment (VCSSU117)
• Ecosystems consist of communities of interdependent organisms and abiotic components of the environment; matter and energy flow through these systems (VCSSU121)
• Environmental, economic and technological factors that influence crop yields in Australia and across the world (VCGGK134)
• Challenges in feeding the current and projected populations of Australia and the world, and responses to these challenges (VCGGK138)
• Predict changes in the characteristics of places over time and identify the possible implications of change for the future (VCGGC127)

Capacity & Student Numbers

Bee School sessions are capped at 30 students. If you require a session with greater numbers, please contact us and we will do our best to accommodate your group.

Special Needs & Allergies

It is the responsibility of the School/Event Coordinator to advise Bee School educators if any students have any special needs or allergies. Bee School can not guarantee a nut-free environment and also houses a live hive.

Accessibility

All areas of Bee School are wheelchair accessible, including an accessible toilet.

School Bus Parking

Bus parking is available for drop off and pick up on Camp St out the front of the Bee School gate. Buses cannot park here for the duration of the session.

Booking Information

Bookings can be made through the ‘Book Now’ button under each program. Groups of more than 30 can be organised by submitting an enquiry. For larger groups, we may need to run your session over a longer period of time which may require different costing.

If the above programs aren’t suited to your needs but you are still eager to come and learn about the wonderful world of bees and Australian honey we will endeavour to tailor a program to suit your needs.

See our full Terms & Conditions.