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Pollination Power

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students go out into the garden and observe pollinating animals through hand lenses. In this pollination lesson plan, students also discuss how animals carry seeds to create new plants elsewhere.
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Creating a Pollinator Garden

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students build a pollination garden. In this pollination lesson, students read directions and build a pollinator garden that will produce flowering plants for pollinator organisms to use in pollination of other plants.
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Pollination

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders discuss pollination and how bees pollinate flowers. In this pollination lesson plan, 3rd graders draw the pollination process on a piece of paper.
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Parts of the Flower and Pollination

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners review the parts of the plant and recognize the parts that are important for pollination.  In this pollination lesson, students illustrate and label the parts of a flower.  Learners compare different types of flowers.
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Plant Pollination and Fertilization

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders research and apply knowledge about plant pollination and fertilization in this activity. They color on a flower diagram the anther, the pistil, the pollen, the pollen tube, the ovary, and the egg to show the process of...
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Plants and Animals: Partners in Pollination

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students identify the plant parts and bee structures that are involved in pollination. They simulate pollination in a group activity and process the information.
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Busy Bees

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students explore the pollination cycle. In this pollination lesson, students investigate the process of pollination. Students illustrate the pollination cycle of bees on paper plates.
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Flower Power

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students use video learning to explore how flowers make seeds and dissect their own flower, and make a flower with its reproductive parts out of construction paper.
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My Own Backyard

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd
Scholars create a drawing of their own backyards. They will use a visualization technique to sketch their own backyard onto construction paper using oil pastels. Guiding questions are given along with materials for the project....
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Too Bee Or Not To Bee

For Teachers K
Students recognize that bees are important in the reproduction of plants and to the survival of animals.  In this bee instructional activity, students become familiar with the parts of bees and how those adaptations help them...
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Honey Bees!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars research and complete two assignments about honeybees. Students draw and color a picture of a flower with a honeybee inside of it. Young scholars write a letter to the executives at Ridit Pest Control persuading them to...
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Apple: Bare to Pick

For Teachers K - 4th
Students investigate the seasons of the apple tree. In tree seasons lesson, students use a sun model and a globe to study the tilt of the Earth to create the seasons. Students discuss the tilt and the seasons. Students discuss...
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1st Grade - Act. 22: Retelling the Tiny Seed

For Teachers 1st
First graders write sentences and illustrate ways seeds travel.
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Pumpkin, Pumpkin

For Teachers 1st
First graders understand that pumpkins grow slowly over several months. In this pumpkin lesson, 1st graders listen to the book Pumpkin, Pumpkin and recall the sequence of the pumpkin life cycle. Students create pumpkin artwork showing...
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Macroinvertebrate Sampling

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Learners identify macroinvertebrate species to investigate ecological systems and the relationship between humans and the environment.
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Interesting Insects

For Teachers 2nd
Students discover the characteristics of insects. They explore insects through cooperative learning, group projects, hands on activities, and poetry. They gain knowledge of insect life cycles, habitat, and physical characteristics.
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Painted Balsa-Foam Butterfly

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners research a butterfly and create butterfly art. In this visual arts lesson, students choose a specific butterfly to research and create a Balsa-Foam butterfly of the same species. Learners use Balsa-Foam, modeling tools, and...