Event Schedule

Event: Year 2 STEM event

Date: 16th August 2018

Time: Approximately a one-and-a-half-hour session (1.5 hours).

Location: The Valley State school, School Hall.

Start Finish Duration Room Set-up/Description Responsibility

15th August 2018: 2:00 pm Site inspection (conduct day before) Mr Lee: Safety
officer

10:30am 11:20am 1 hour Parent helpers to arrive and make their way to the office for Mr Aaron Smith
check in, then are to make their way to the hall and Mrs Morrison

Beekeeper to arrive in order to sign in and set up their display.

10:35 am 11:05 am 30 min Activity setup (to be completed at least 30mins before event Year 6 student
start time) leaders, parent
helpers and Mrs
- Bee bot coding activity
Yeatman
- Bee Hive making activity

11:15 am 11:20 am 5 min Students are collected from lunch by their teacher and Mrs Yeatman
escorted to the hall

First Year 2 Class

11:20 am 11:30 am 10 min Students to be seated in front of Mr Smith Mrs Yeatman

- Students are reminded of their responsibility as a

listener and consequences for misbehaviour

11:30 am 11:50 am 20 min Mr Smith to take over for the duration of the session Mr Smith

- Explanation of the importance of bees in the world and

to humans
- Explanation of the type of bees he brought (native bee)
and behaviour characteristics
- Explanation of bee’s habitat

11:50 am 12:00 pm 10 min Optional honey taste testing Mrs Yeatman &
Mrs Morrison
- Students to line up single file and are offered a ½
teaspoon of honey to taste test.
 (Thanks, given to Mr smith, then is able to pack up and leave
when ready)

12:00pm 12:10 pm 10 min Students have been given a stamp on their hand with a or Mrs Yeatman &
 to assign their rotation group. Mrs Morrison

- will participate in the Bee Bot activity first

-  will participate in the Bee Hive activity first

12:10 pm 12:55 pm 2x 20 min Bee Bot activity Year 6 student

rotations volunteers
- Students are given to option to work with the bee bots
including
guiding them through a maze using physical coding
1x 5 min - Or, use the iPads to guide the bee bots through the
rotation maze using virtual coding.
allowance - Students work in pairs and are supported by year 6
volunteers

Bee hive activity Parent helpers

Students work in pairs to create their own mini bee hive

- Using the materials provided students are encouraged

to make their own mini bee hive similar to the
displayed sample hive
- One parent helper to be shared between 2 student
pairs

12:55 pm 1:00 pm 5 min Students are instructed to line up and are exported back to the Mrs Yeatman &
lunch area for second break. Mrs Morrison