Mason Bee Hotel
Available to Grade(s): Prek, K, 1, 2, 3,4 Program Can Serve: 30
Art Form: Visual Arts Curriculum Focus: Science
Program Type: Both Grade Level and Arts/PE Program Integration Continuum Level: Alignment
# of Visits as a Grade Level Program: 1-60 min Length of Visit (Grade Level Program): 45-60min
# of Visits as an Arts/PE Program: 1-60min Length of Visit (Arts/PE Program): 45-60min
Program Format: In-School Short Term Residency Program Format Info: In-School Short Term Residency
Availability: All year
Cost per Classroom (Arts/PE Program): $450 Minimum # of Classrooms: none
Program Requires Prior Meeting: no Meeting Method: email
Materials Arts Provider Provides: cans, straws, ribbon, paint brushes, paint.
Materials School Provides: paper towels and pdf copies
Space and/or Set Up Requirements for Program: table for demonstration
Program Learning Objective: I can understand the importance of caring for our environment and the insects that live in it. I can understand how the food we eat are pollinated and how increasing the population will help the neighborhood. I can acknowledge the connection we have with nature.
Program Description (Grade Level Program): Students will create a Mason Bee hotel using a variety of materials including, a can, straw, cloth, ribbon, and string. Students will understand how Mason Bee’s are beneficial to the environment and how to bring mason bees in their own neighborhood to help pollinate vegetables, fruit and flowers.
Program Description (Arts/PE Program): Students will create a Mason Bee hotel using a variety of materials including, a can, straw, cloth, ribbon, and string. Students will understand how Mason Bee’s are beneficial to the environment and how to bring mason bees in their own neighborhood to help pollinate vegetables, fruit and flowers.
Additional Notes:
Parent Engagement Opportunities: help foster ideas for design
Core & National Art Standards:
Grade K
Grade K: Science Standards: Scientific Investigations Use a Variety of Methods: K-2: Science investigations begin with a question. Scientists use different ways to study the world.
Grade K: Visual Art: Creating: Anchor Standard 1: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work: Engage in exploration and imaginative play with materials.
Grade K: Visual Art: Creating: Anchor Standard 2: Organize and develop artistic ideas and work: Through experimentation, build skills in various media and approaches to art-making.
Grade 1
Grade 1: Science Standards: Scientific Investigations Use a Variety of Methods: K-2: Science investigations begin with a question. Scientists use different ways to study the world.
Grade 1: Visual Art: Creating: Anchor Standard 1: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work: Engage collaboratively in exploration and imaginative play with materials.
Grade 1: Visual Art: Creating: Anchor Standard 2: Organize and develop artistic ideas and work: Explore uses of materials and tools to create works of art or design.
Grade 2
Grade 2: Science Standards: Scientific Investigations Use a Variety of Methods: K-2: Science investigations begin with a question. Scientists use different ways to study the world.
Grade 2: Visual Art: Creating: Anchor Standard 1: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work: Brainstorm collaboratively multiple approaches to an art or design problem.
Grade 2: Visual Art: Creating: Anchor Standard 2: Organize and develop artistic ideas and work: Experiment with various materials and tools to explore personal interests in a work of art or design.
Grade 3
Mason Bee Hotel
Grade 3: Science Standards: Scientific Investigations Use a Variety of Methods: K-2: Science investigations use a variety of methods, tools, and techniques.
Grade 3: Visual Art: Creating: Anchor Standard 1: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work: Elaborate on an imaginative idea.
Grade 3: Visual Art: Creating: Anchor Standard 2: Organize and develop artistic ideas and work:Create personally satisfying artwork using a variety of artistic processes and materials.