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How Flowers Attract Pollinators Activities

Teaching children about how flowers attract pollinators can feel kind of dull. However, investigating how flowers and pollinators work together can make this topic come to life! Thankfully, April is a time when the flowers are just starting to bloom and the pollinators are waking from their winter sleep, making it a magical time to start diving into pollinator partnerships.

In this episode, we’ll talk about activities to investigate how flowers attract pollinators that are paired with Next Generation Science Standards for grades 1st and 4th. I’ll share the standard that inspired the activity, how the activity relates to how flowers attract pollinators, and descriptions of how to use the activity with your learners.

The following standards are paired with activities to learn about how flowers attract pollinators:

• 1st Grade: 1-LS3-1: Make observations to construct an evidence-based account that young plants and animals are like, but not exactly like, their parents.
• 4th Grade: 4-LS1-2: Use a model to describe that animals receive different types of information through their senses, process the information in their brain, and respond to the information in different ways.

Related Episodes/Blog Posts:

• Episode 65: Flowers and Pollinators: Kindergarten and 3rd Grade NGSS Activities
• Episode 6: 5 Outdoor Education Safety Tips for Teaching Outside
• Fill the Bill
• Flower Talk by Sara Levine, illustrated by Masha D’yans
• Flowers Are Calling by Rita Gray, illustrated by Kenard Pak
• Bjorn Rorslett
• Narcissus pseudonarcissus, a daffodil
• Achillea millefolium, common yarrow
• Calendula officinalis, pot marigold
• Cichorium intybus, chicory
• Hieracium aurantiacum, orange hawkweed
• Leucanthemum vulgare, oxeye daisy
• Rudbeckia hirta, Black-eyed Susan
• Sonchus arvensis, Field sowthistle
• Taraxum vulgare, Common dandelion
• Tragopogon pratensis, Yellow Goat’s beard
• Alliaria petiolata, Garlic mustard
• Hesperis matronalis, Dame’s rocket
• Campanula rapunculoides, Creeping bellflower
• Drosera longifolia, English sundew flowers
• Drosera longifolia, English sundew leaves
• Lathyrus odoratus, Sweet pea
• Naturally Teaching Activity Index

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