Bees have 5 eyes total - 3 simple eyes and 2 compound eyes. Compound eyes are made up of many lenses. The document provides a challenge to match descriptions of bee body parts like antennae, thorax, legs, wings, and eyes to their locations on a diagram of a bee. Additional facts are provided about what compound eyes look like and how other animals and humans see.
Bees have 5 eyes total - 3 simple eyes and 2 compound eyes. Compound eyes are made up of many lenses. The document provides a challenge to match descriptions of bee body parts like antennae, thorax, legs, wings, and eyes to their locations on a diagram of a bee. Additional facts are provided about what compound eyes look like and how other animals and humans see.
Bees have 5 eyes total - 3 simple eyes and 2 compound eyes. Compound eyes are made up of many lenses. The document provides a challenge to match descriptions of bee body parts like antennae, thorax, legs, wings, and eyes to their locations on a diagram of a bee. Additional facts are provided about what compound eyes look like and how other animals and humans see.
Amazing Fact Challenge Bees have 5 eyes; 3 simple eyes and Match the descriptions to the bee 2 compound eyes (made up of lots body parts and then use the answers of lenses). to label the parts of a bee in the activity sheet provided.
You could also try to find out:
• what ‘compound’ eyes look like; • the different ways in which other animals see; • how the human eye works. An Amazing Fact a Day
All about Bees
Bees collect the pollen in flowers using
antenna these. They also use them to stand.
These help the bees to smell but also help
thorax them measure how fast they are flying!
These help the bee to fly. legs
This is the main body of the bee. wings
These help the bee know if danger is
eyes coming from any direction. An Amazing Fact a Day