Pollinators

Bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds carry pollen from flower to flower.

Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.

What children learn in Level 57

To make seeds, most flowers need pollen from another flower. Pollen is a yellow powder that flowers make.
Animals help! A bee visits a flower to drink sweet nectar. Pollen sticks to its fuzzy body.
When the bee flies to the next flower, some pollen rubs off. Now that flower can make seeds. This is called pollination.
Animals that do this are pollinators: bees, butterflies, moths, hummingbirds, and even some bats. Georgia's blueberry farms need bees!
Your turn! Put the steps of pollination in order.
Try it with a grown-up! Watch a flower bed on a sunny day. Count how many bees and butterflies visit in five minutes. Keep a safe distance!

Georgia Standards of Excellence in Science:

S2L1.c — Construct an explanation of an animal’s role in dispersing seeds or in the pollination of plants.