What Is It About Bees and Hexagons?
“What Is It About Bees and Hexagons?” is a short NPR piece exploring why honeycombs are hexagonal, connecting geometry and animal behavior. Through accessible narration and visuals, it introduces ideas about efficient packing, surface area, and how math shows up in nature. Parents like using it as a hook for geometry units, encouraging kids to see shapes beyond the textbook. Since it’s free online, it makes a quick, high‑value mini‑lesson. Follow up with hands-on activities like building honeycomb patterns from paper or blocks to solidify the concepts.
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