Choreograph a Waggle Dance!

Positives

• Students will enjoy dancing together and this activity will improve their communication and teamwork skills.
• The art of dance helps teach a child creativity and coordination.

Additional Prerequisites

• Teachers can review the linked sources to gain additional context before using this activity with students.

Differentiation

• The teacher may need to more directly guide any groups having difficulties creating the dance and show them an example.
• Students can brainstorm ways to protect bees and discuss what would happen if they became extinct.
• In an art class, the teacher could ask students to draw bee workers and try to represent the way they communicate in their drawing.
• Another engaging resource on this topic is the video Bee and Me.