Explore beehive architecture with tessellation
Students learn how bees make and use wax, then they explore tessellation and perimeter-to-area ratios to find out why bees build hexagons.
This lesson will enable students to:
- Describe how bees make beeswax
- List bee and human uses for wax
- Defend hexagons as the most efficient shape for bees to use
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