Ei E: The Best of Bugs: Designing Hand Pollinators Lesson 3

Students perform controlled experiments to identify effective materials and methods for picking up and dropping off pollen. [10:41]

Students perform controlled experiments to identify effective materials and methods for picking up and dropping off pollen. [12:49]

A storybook introduces the engineering challenge and context. In this story, Mariana, a girl from the Dominican Republic, learns about agricultural engineering as she designs a hand pollinator to use in her garden. [7:49]

A storybook introduces the engineering challenge and context. In this story, Mariana, a girl from the Dominican Republic, learns about agricultural engineering as she designs a hand pollinator to use in her garden. [15:33]

Students think like agricultural engineers as they perform a play about Integrated Pest Management at an apple orchard. [12:15]

Students think like agricultural engineers as they perform a play about Integrated Pest Management at an apple orchard. [8:47]

Students determine the needs of the plant and the consumer for which they are designing their plant packages. [13:38]

Students apply their knowledge of materials, the pollination system, and agricultural engineering as they imagine, plan, create, test, and improve their own hand pollinators.

Students apply their knowledge of materials, the pollination system, and agricultural engineering as they imagine, plan, create, test, and improve their own hand pollinators.

View a portion of this model lesson where students test a variety of filter materials to see how well they remove particles and color from contaminated water. [12:25]