THE BOTS & THE BEES
COVER
REFLECT
What do you know about bees?
- How many types of bees are there?
- What roles do bees play in the ecosystem?
- What are some challenges to the survival of bees?
- What would happen is bee populations reduced drastically?
- What else do you want to know about bees?
- Conduct an Internet search to find answers to these questions.
Page 1 – On the way to the farm
REFLECT
What do you know about farms?
- What types of farms are there?
- What roles do farms play in our society?
- What are some challenges faced by farms?
- What else do you want to know about farms?
- Conduct an Internet search to find answers to these questions.
Page 2
REFLECT
Robot bees?
- Is it possible to make a robot the size of a bee?
- Could it fly? How?
- What would be the purpose of making robot bees?
- What else do you want to know about robot bees?
- Conduct an Internet search to find answers to these questions.
Page 3 – Where did the insects go?
REFLECT
Are insect populations in decline?
- What do you know about insects and their role in the ecosystem?
- Are there insect populations in decline?
- if yes, which insects are most affected and why?
- What else do you want to know about insect populations?
- Conduct an Internet search to find answers to these questions.
Page 4
Page 5 – Bees’ “waggle walk”
Page 6
REFLECT
How do bees communicate?
- Where do bees live?
- How is a bee colony organized?
- How do bees communicate with one another?
- What else do you want to know about the lives of bees?
- Conduct an Internet search to find answers to these questions.
Page 7 – Sensors, data & machine learning
Page 8 – Anticipating swarming
REFLECT
Bees & bots?
- What might the role of AI in the lives of bees?
- What are some benefits?
- What are some issues to consider?
- What else do you want to know about bots & bees?
- Conduct an Internet search to find answers to these questions.
Page 9 – Animal communication
Page 10 – Robot bees
Page 11 – They fly!
Page 12 – They collect data and learn from one another
Page 13 – Now what?
REFLECT
What did you learn?
- What did you learn about bots & bees?
- What was most interesting?
- What surprised you?
- Create an infographic or a poem to share your learning with others.
NEW BEES – robotic pollinators
A “spoof” by Greenpeace.
- What is a spoof?
- What is the intended message of this spoof?