Colony Collapse Disorder

Grade 7 has  been learning about classification of organisms. This lead us to a lot of activities about plants and animals and how they are classified. We have learned about seed dispersal and plant pollination. Bees are very important to pollination. We recently watched a film about Colony Collapse Disorder. Here is a link to that film. While we watched the film we enjoyed some local honey from Västerhaninge just south of Stockholm. Students are going to write about Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD). The criteria they will be assessed on is criteria D: Reflecting on the impact of science. In this assignment students will dicuss the causes of CCD and ways to prevent it. They should also discuss how our scientific progress sometimes causes problems. For this assignment I want students to post their work on a blog or website they are creating. They will use their blogs for future assignments. 

I have posted more about this assignment on my other blog about the impact of science. The Impact of Science.