Jump Into Science: Honeybees

Jump Into Science

by Deborah Heiligman

Jump in and get up close to honey bees to learn all about what they are, how hard they work, and the important tasks they perform during their life cycle. Adorable illustrations and kid-friendly text make complex science fun and easy to understand. Every Jump Into Science book ends with a hands-on experiment to fully engage readers and extra material to stimulate further learning.

Genres: Science, Animals, Nonfiction, Nature, Childrens

32 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2002

About the author

Deborah Heiligman has been writing for children since she worked at Scholastic News soon after college. Since then she has written more than thirty books for children and teens. Her books include picture books, both fiction and nonfiction, and young adult nonfiction and fiction. Some titles: Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith, a National Book Award finalist; The Boy Who Loved Math: The Improbable Life of Paul Erdos, a Cook Prize Winner and Orbis Pictus honor; Intentions, a Sydney Taylor Award winner, and a picture book series about Tinka the dog. Her latest book is Vincent and Theo: The van Gogh Brothers. For more information please visit www.DeborahHeiligman.com

Reviews

[Emily Clare · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a very creative book that is all about bees' lives. Could use this in a classroom where you are learning about different insects. Harder text but could possibly read this to younger students.

ATOS Book Level: 4.1
Lexile: AD590L

Six+1 Traits: Organization

[Wendy Gardiner · Rating 4 out of 5]

informative book that has a good range of graphic devices. it can be hard to find nonfiction for early elementary with well done graphics. so, the content, writing, illustrations, and use of graphic devices make this book a standout.

[Hannah · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very, very detailed description of the life of honeybees. Would be good for an older elementary aged child. Too hard for preschoolers.

[Annette Ruane · Rating 4 out of 5]

With this book being a part of the National Geographic Society I was expecting to see outstanding real life pictures. But yet the illustrator chose to use hand drawn pictures. I wonder if the illustrator did this to somehow relate to children more. Or would the young readers have a better understanding with real life photos? I do like how on page there is an illustration of a bee with all of the parts of its body cleanly labeled. I think this is a cool addition to the book and helps the visual learners. I also like how some of the important words were in bold, adding a special focus to them. I also think that this book is not short on information one bit. It did a good job of explaining things so that any person could pick up this book and understand what was going on and learn something new about bees.

[Sunday · Rating 4 out of 5]

In child-friendly language, Heiligman describes the life of the worker bee from the early stages as an egg to the later stages as a forager bee. Heiligman distinguishes the many jobs of the worker bee with intriguing details and bee-specific terminology. For example, the nurse bees feed the larva “royal jelly” and “beebread.” Golembe’s illustrations extend the text by including features of informational texts like labels and diagrams.

This book would be a good read aloud for primary grade students - as part of an integrated unit on the life cycle of the honeybee and related environmental issues.

[Kellee Hao · Rating 5 out of 5]

Content: Animals
Grade: 1st
Talk about science and nature! This book is great for an intro to a walk outside to talk about nature. This book talks about how honeybees are all about the lives of a honeybee, and how one may not see how much a little fella can work! It shows a perspective of how hard a honeybee works. Although it's very informative, the texts are related in a story like form so that the audience aren't just reading a fact book, but a whole life story on a little buzzing bee.

[Silas · Rating 5 out of 5]

Getting ready for our new pets!

[CFAITC]

Learn about the fascinating life cycle of the honey bee through scientific text and easy-to-follow diagrams and pictures. Includes a few experiments.

[Maria · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is my 5 year old's favorite book right now. She loves honey bees.

[Rani · Rating 3 out of 5]

About bees, life cycle, dance and other information