Curated OER
Adopt-An-Insect
In this biology instructional activity, learners locate examples of various types of insects listed in the chart and receive a point value for each according to its significance. Then they identify body parts and habitat for each item.
Curated OER
Mixed Prepositions 17
In this preposition activity, students fill in blanks in sentences, clicking on a "check" button for immediate feedback. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
Curated OER
Breaking News English: The Mystery of America's Vanishing Bees
In this English worksheet, students read "The Mystery of America's Vanishing Bees," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
Curated OER
Caterpillar Camouflage
Students list animals, plant parts, and reasons for caterpillars to camouflage themselves. For this animal and plant adaptations lesson plan, students also play a game where they use colors as camouflage.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Pollination Parties
This activity helps young scholars understand the concept of pollination. Objectives, materials, procedures, adaptations, discussion questions, evaluation, extensions, suggested readings, links, vocabulary, and academic standards are all...
BBC
Bbc: Did You Know? Flowers
This BBC "Gardening with Children" section walks through the important process of pollination. Learn exactly what pollination is, along with pollination with and without insects. Finally, learn some unique facts about pollination and...
Missouri Botanical Garden
Missouri Botanical Garden: Biology of Plants: Pollination
Learn the parts of a flower and how a plant gets pollinated. Includes video, songs, diagrams, and lesson plans.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Learning Lab: Plants and Animals: Partners in Pollination
Smithsonian Education presents a series of three lesson plans whose focus is plants and animals in their role as partners in pollination. Each lesson comes complete with clear learning objectives, materials list, subjects covered,...
Other
Nature's Partners: Pollinators, Plants, and You [Pdf]
Teachers will love this comprehensive Grades 3-6 curriculum on pollinators. There are six modules of detailed plans and accompanying materials. Pre-assessment activities and teacher background information, as well as supplemental...
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Education: Partners in Pollination
Here is a three-part lesson plan on the plant and animal relationship in respect to pollination.
Other
What Is Pollination?
This website answers the questions: What is pollination? What is a pollinator? What are the benefits?
Other
Florida Gardener: Flower Parts
Learn about the parts of a flower. Do all flowers have the same parts? Do all flowers reproduce in the same manner? Answers to these questions and more are found here, along with many defined terms.
Biology Pages
Kimball's Biology Pages: Sexual Reproduction in Angiosperms (Flowering Plants)
This site, from retired Harvard professor John W. Kimball, provides a detailed but understandable explanation of sexual reproduction in flowering plants. Includes informative, well labelled illustrations.
Other
Science Learning Hub: Pollination: Attracting Pollinators
Flowers are dependent on various means to transport their pollen. Transfer by animals, insects, birds, bats, and wind are five methods for pollination to occur that are described here.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Flowering Plants
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the parts of a flower and the classification and evolution of flowering plants.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Jonathan Driori: The Beautiful Tricks of Flowers
In this brillant talk, Jonathan Drori shows the amazing ways flowering plants have evolved to attract pollinators and discusses how plants reproduce in a variety of ways. [13:49]
Scholastic
Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Plants: Flowers
A video and a 7-question multiple-choice quiz on the structure and functions of flowers.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Pollination
Students are asked to explain the relationship between a bee and a flower.
National Audubon Society
National Audubon Society: Audubon Adventures: The Pollination Story
A colorful, interactive chart illustrating the stages in the pollination of flowers by bees.
NC State University
Beekeeping Insect Note: Cucumber Pollination
How many bees do you need to pollinate cucumbers? How do you maintain the hives? Answers to these questions and more.
Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech: Flower and Tree Reproduction
This is the reproduction chapter from an online text, courtesy of the Forest Biology Department of Virginia Tech. Learn about trees, their flowers, and other details of their reproductive cycle.
Estrella Mountain Community College
Estrella Mountain Community College: Flower Structure
Site covers all aspects of plant reproduction such as life cycles, angiosperms and flowers. Provides links to other sites to aide in research.
Technovation
Curiosity Machine: Challenge: Build a Blooming Flower
Can you create a blooming flower that would attract pollinators? This Curiosity Machine project challenges students to make this flower using common household items. Site includes a place for students to document their process as well as...
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: Pollination of Flowers
Discusses what pollination is, the types, what happens during pollination, its importance in agriculture and horticulture, and the biotic and abiotic factors that facilitate pollination. Has some embedded ads.