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What did the 8-10 year-old children from Blackawton Primary School report about buff-tailed bumblebees?
What did the 8-10 year-old children from Blackawton Primary School report about buff-tailed bumblebees?
- They can produce honey with different flavors based on the flower they visit
- They can communicate with each other using specific dances
- They can learn to recognize nourishing flowers based on colors and patterns (correct)
- They can build complex hives with specific geometric patterns
What was the content of the paper written by the 8-10 year-old children?
What was the content of the paper written by the 8-10 year-old children?
- It was a scientific critique of existing research on bumblebee cognition
- It was a detailed analysis of the economic impact of bumblebees on local agriculture
- It was a comparison of bumblebee behavior in different geographical locations
- It was written entirely in the kids' voices, complete with sound effects and hand-drawn figures (correct)
What was the catalyst for the project undertaken by the children?
What was the catalyst for the project undertaken by the children?
- A lecture by neuroscientist Beau Lotto on human perception, bumblebees, and robots (correct)
- A field trip to a local bumblebee sanctuary
- A documentary about the decline of bumblebee populations worldwide
- A visit from a group of professional entomologists
What did the children express about their experience with science?
What did the children express about their experience with science?
What did neuroscientist Beau Lotto share with the students about science?
What did neuroscientist Beau Lotto share with the students about science?
Neuroscientist Beau Lotto and teacher Strudwick got the kids thinking about what questions interested them over the course of a year.
Neuroscientist Beau Lotto and teacher Strudwick got the kids thinking about what questions interested them over the course of a year.
The class decided to investigate whether bees could use spatial relationships between colors to figure out which flowers had sugar water in them, and which didn't.
The class decided to investigate whether bees could use spatial relationships between colors to figure out which flowers had sugar water in them, and which didn't.
The initial questions about bumblebees were all serious and scientifically focused.
The initial questions about bumblebees were all serious and scientifically focused.
Bumblebees have no way of associating color with heat.
Bumblebees have no way of associating color with heat.
Bees should not learn to avoid flowers that have already been depleted of nectar.
Bees should not learn to avoid flowers that have already been depleted of nectar.
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