Honey Bees
Honey bees gather nectar and pollen from flowers.
They use nectar to make honey and beeswax.
They shape the wax into hollow tubes.
They keep their nest safe, strong, and dry.
Level 2 Module 1: Matter
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Little Dancer Aged Fourteen
Degas built a sculpture of a young ballerina.
On a metal and wood frame, he used padding, wire, rope, clay, and beeswax to make the body.
Over time, Little Dancer’s arms and hands cracked, and the fabric tutu fell apart.
Copies of the sculpture are made of a metal called bronze.
Level 2 Module 1: Matter
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Credit: front left and back, Edgar Degas, Little Dancer Aged Fourteen, 1878–1881, National Gallery of Art; front right, modified from schematic diagram of the internal armature of Little Dancer Aged Fourteen illustrated by Julia Sybalsky and Abigail Mack, 2007