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Week 07 · Flowers and Bees

Grow It Day

Grow It Day: Pipe-cleaner bees
// Pollen on the move
⏱ about 15 min

Grow It Day: Pipe-cleaner bees

Rocket twists a fuzzy pipe cleaner into a bee.

Raven makes three paper flowers.

Nova asks, "Can your bee help every flower?"

  1. Plants use flowers to make seeds.
  2. Pollen must move from flower to flower.
  3. Bees visit flowers for nectar and pollen.
  4. Pollen sticks to bees and falls on other flowers.
  5. Butterflies, birds, bats and more are pollinators too.
◇ FAMILY BEE GAME
Cut three paper flowers together. A grown-up uses the scissors.
A grown-up puts chalk dust on each flower.
Use a different color for each flower.
Twist a fuzzy pipe cleaner into a bee shape.
Fly your bee from flower to flower.
Look for new colors on each flower.
Safety first
A grown-up handles the scissors and makes the dust.
Keep the dust away from eyes, noses and mouths.
Wash your hands after the game.
For a grown-up
Ask: what colors did your bee carry?
Ask: how is this like a real bee?
Praise careful moving and looking.
GROW IT CHECK
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
What did the bee carry between flowers?
Why does a flower need pollen from another flower?
You see a real bee. What do you do?
Draw your pipe-cleaner bee and paper flowers.

You are a super pollinator team!

Next week, you will see how seeds travel.

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