What do bees and children have in common? They both love their sweets. Decorate a flower pot or bucket to look like a brightly colored flower and fill it with wrapped candy and cheese puffs. Have learners reach into grab the candy, covering their hands in powdered cheese and modeling the process of pollination. Extend the instructional activity by looking at how other insects and animals also serve as pollinators. 

Concepts

parts of a plant, plants, plant reproduction, pollination, pollen, ecosystems

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Additional Tags

insects, pollination, interdependence, ecosystem, plant reproduction, plant parts, science

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Classroom Considerations

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Pros

• Activity engages children and clearly models how pollination occurs
• Provides questions to use for guiding a discussion about pollination 

Cons

• Requires prompts and/or scaffolding to support student writing about pollination