Blackawton Bees part 2

In a world first for the Royal Society, Biology Letters has published a paper by a group of primary school children. The paper, which reports novel findings in how bumblebees perceive colour was written by 8-10 year old pupils at Blackawton School in Devon. Under the supervision of scientist Beau Lotto and teachers at their school, the children investigated the way that bumblebees see colours and patterns. The field of insect colour and pattern vision is generally poorly understood and the findings reported by the school children represent a genuine advance in the field. In this podcast some of the people involved talk about the work they did and how this has affected the way they view science education.

Watch part 1 at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqbG05SHpoI

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Blackawton
• school
• bees
• vision
• colour
• pattern
• research
• science
• teaching
• education

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