Lesson Summary
The children will continue gathering observing, measuring, and recording about their plants throughout this time. They will also pollinate the new flowers as they open, using the bee sticks made previously.
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Teacher Background
This part of the unit helps to introduce and reinforce the concept of interdependence. Obviously, in the class setting the bees gain no true benefit from pollination, but it is easy to see how the pollen collects on their bodies. The bees collect pollen and nectar from flowers, and in the process, bees move pollen from plant to plant, facilitating plant reproduction. This would be a good time to talk about how other plants transfer pollen and how seeds get moved by occurrences in nature. (see information on cross-pollination in lesson 10 Teacher Background and in Teacher’s Guide Lesson 11)
Set-up/Management Tips
The flex cam is a terrific tool for showing detail in this lesson. Students can bring their bees up to the camera to show peers the pollen that has collected on their bees’ bodies.
“The Flight of the Bumblebee” by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakoff is a fun piece to play while pollinating.
Literacy Support
Books Available Through VAST Mediagraphies (see Literacy Links)
Our Living World: Green Plants by Jenny Tesar
From Seed to Plant by Gail Gibbons
Scientific Vocabulary
The following words are key vocabulary words that will be introduced in this lesson and reinforced throughout the unit:
cross-pollination
crucifer
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interdependence
pollination
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