Bringing the real world into the classroom is a common enough goal, but - bees? For math teacher Benadette Manning, bringing a living bee hive into her classroom to support math teaching was only one of the many ways she has connected students to authentic learning experiences over the course of her career. In this episode of The Teacher Collaborative’s podcast, we’ll hear about how high school math can be brought to life with daring classroom changes—from building tiny houses to Button Algebra to bees.

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