🐝 Pollination & Plant Reproduction
In this First Acre STEM class, students discover how flowers and pollinators work together to help plants reproduce and grow.
Through hands-on exploration, students examine the parts of a flower, learn how pollen moves between plants, and observe the important role that bees and other pollinators play in the life cycle of plants. Students will also try pollinating flowers themselves to see how the process works.
This class introduces the science behind pollination while encouraging curiosity, observation, and hands-on discovery in a real farm environment.
🌸 What Students Will Learn
🌼 The parts of a flower and how they work
🐝 How pollination helps plants reproduce
🌻 The important role of bees and other pollinators in nature
🧪 Class Activities
🔍 Examine flowers up close
🐝 Observe pollinators and how they interact with plants
🌼 Try pollinating flowers using simple tools
🧰 Materials Used
🌸 Flowers
🔎 Magnifying glasses
🧫 Cotton swabs and pollen
📋 Clipboards and markers for observations
❓ Questions Students Explore
1️⃣ How do bees and other pollinators help flowers produce seeds and fruits?
2️⃣ What might happen if pollinators disappeared?