Honey Bees Case Study

Q#1: After carefully analyzing “Scenario #2,” I have concluded that it incorporates the following disciplines: science, technology, engineering, and potentially, art and math. The scenario incorporates science through the discussion of honey bees, their essential role in ecosystems, and the environmental impact of their endangered status and risk of extinction. The scenario incorporates technology throughout the problem-solving process, as students are encouraged to research the environmental issue and the different types of plants that can grow in the ‘chosen’ area of the school garden, as well as when students collaborate in their groups to create the presentation that the garden coordinator and school administrative team will use to decide which idea to implement. The scenario includes engineering processes as students …show more content…
According to the United States Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service, the “successful transfer of pollen in and between flowers of the same plant species [is critically essential for] fertilization, successful seed development, and fruit production (https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/pollinators/What_is_Pollination/birdsandbees.shtml). This pollination is done mostly by animals, such as bees, who from a single colony can pollinate 300 million flowers a day. According to the Green Peace initiative, “Save the Bees,” bees are responsible for approximately 80% of all pollination worldwide, which is important because the top human food crops (which supply about 90% of the world’s nutrition) are pollinated by bees
(http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/sustainable-agriculture/save-the-bees/). All of this information leads to the discussion of our local ecosystems, the environmental role of bees, and how their extinction could greatly impact the food supply—and further affect world hunger, which is an authentic (and very “real”) real-world