Pollination Lesson Plans

Students explore how plants depend on pollinators to reproduce.  In this pollination lesson students dissect a local flower and collect and identify pollinating insects. 

Students explore pollination. In this pollination lesson, students get into small groups and physically act out the role of insects in pollination. Students then write or draw what they learned about pollination.

Fourth graders discover the process of pollination due to bees.  In this pollination lesson, 4th graders read the book entitled How Groundhog's Garden Grew, discussing why the process of pollination is important.  Students students role play the process of pollination, using paper bees, flowers and dampened cotton balls.

Students explore biology by viewing YouTube insect videos. In this bee pollination lesson, students identify the importance of insect pollination and the impact it has on our own lives. Students view a bee pollination video on YouTube and complete an insect worksheet after.

Students discuss the pollination of bees and butterflies.  In this pollination lesson,students complete a worksheet answering questions about an imaginary bee pollination company.   Students understand the relationship between plants, insects and animals.

Learners read and discuss background information included with this instructional activity. They brainstorm the best sources for developing a list of native or migratory pollinators. Students work in groups to design habitats based on information garnered through research and interviews. They present their designs to the class and discuss pros and cons of their design. Learners build nesting boxes.

Students identify the different ways things are pollinated and how to manage pollen.  In this pollination instructional activity students complete an experiment on how moths pollinate flowers.

Learners investigate pollination. For this plant biology lesson, students study a diagram of the reproductive parts of the flower and dissect and identify the parts of a real flower.

Students investigate methods of pollination for various flowers. In this plant biology activity, students learn the parts of a flower and form a hypothesis about the method of pollination for the flower. They determine the validity of their hypothesis through Internet research. Extensions and adaptations for older students are included.

Students describe sexual reproduction in plants, including the process of pollination, how insects assist in pollination, and how pollination differs from fertilization. They also explore the importance of honey bees to Arizona agriculture.