Four youth banks matched to the in-class age bands and BC curriculum big ideas, plus a harder adult beginner set for Hive Awakening participants. Run them facilitator-style on the classroom screen, or let signed-in students keep best scores at home.
How will you run it?
Youth program — in-class bands
Ages 5–7 · K – Grade 2
Meet the bees
12 questions · round of 12, reshuffled every time
Science K — plants and animals have observable features
Science 1 — living things have features and behaviours that help them survive
Science 2 — living things have life cycles adapted to their environment
Ages 8–10 · Grades 3–5
How a colony works
12 questions · round of 12, reshuffled every time
Science 3 — living things are diverse, can be grouped, and interact in their ecosystems
Science 4 — all living things sense and respond to their environment
Science 5 — multicellular organisms have systems that enable them to survive
Ages 11–13 · Grades 6–8
The superorganism
12 questions · round of 12, reshuffled every time
Science 6 — multicellular organisms rely on internal systems to survive and interact
Science 7 — organisms have evolved to survive their environment
Science 8 — cells are the basic unit of life; ecosystems sustain life
Ages 14–18 · Grades 9–12
Field science & careers
12 questions · round of 12, reshuffled every time
Science 9 — the biosphere is sustained by the cycling of matter and flow of energy
Biology 11/12 — life is a result of interactions at molecular and ecosystem levels
Career Education — exploring pathways in agriculture, food science and trades
Adults — Hive Awakening
Adult beginner · harder set
The Hive Awakening readiness check
25 scenario questions — mite arithmetic, queen problems, seasonal calls and 3H judgement. Tougher than the Tier 1 paper on purpose: if you can reason through these, the written exam will feel familiar.
