To begin our session today, I spoke with the students about the research document they were to complete. We talked about any questions that they had, and then reviewed some things they found interesting about different pollinators. This brought us into a discussion about why the students view pollinators as important both to each of them and to our environment as a whole. After we finished talking about their pollinator research, I instructed the kids to open the bee hotel design brief, which is a document that outlines the criteria their design should meet. They were then free to begin researching and designing their bee hotels, which was to be done individually. When we meet in the future, the students should each have a completed, rough design so that they can collaborate on another design once they are grouped into pairs.
Students begin working on their hotel designs. 
STEM students research bee hotels. 
Two students look at images of hotels for inspiration. 
A STEM student researches which materials should be used in a bee hotel. 
Students work on finding designs for bee hotels.
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