Launch/Practice Stage for Research Lab:
1)Pollinator rap
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPho4ub-7G8
1b) video about bees and pollination, growing vegetables https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CxCTyxRFh0 (middle school girl with scientist narrate, 3 minutes)
2) Poem/Song about pollination http://www.mbgnet.net/bioplants/pollensong.html
3) Short Book: Reproduction in Plants http://asp.tumblebooks.com/book.aspx?id=6934
4) Detailed video about plant pollination https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-S5ui9Us7U (adult women narrate, sing)
5)Beauty of Pollinatorshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQiszdkOwuU
All about Pollination
6) http://easyscienceforkids.com/all-about-pollination/
7)http://www.edenproject.com/learn/for-everyone/what-is-pollination-a-diagram-for-kids (simple drawing to explain pollinators)
Photosynthesis
8) http://www.edenproject.com/learn/for-everyone/photosynthesis-diagram-for-kids-how-plants-help-us-to-survive
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Extend Stage
Why are some insects better pollinators than others?
I can research to figure out why some animals are better pollinators than others.
I can explain why pollen sticks to honey bees but not all other insects.
I can collaborate with a group to record and discuss research.
9) Other Insects pollinators
https://www.thoughtco.com/insect-pollinators-that-arent-bees-or-butterflies-1967996
10)Different Types of Animal Pollinators
https://kidsgrowingstrong.org/pollinators/
What makes a good pollinator?
11)https://entomology.unl.edu/scilit/Be%20the%20Bee%20answers.pdf
12)Best Pollinators
http://www.onegreenplanet.org/environment/best-pollinators-and-how-you-can-help-them/
13) Which insects use flowers for food?
http://www.foxleas.com/insects-and-flowers.asp
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CHOICE AND CHALLENGE STAGE
Background information for whole class:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NEj5XTT7GY (video about hybrid insects)
Use the sites below to research and record specific facts about these insects: dragonflies, grasshoppers, praying mantis
What makes these insects strong and helpful?
What are their natural strengths and weaknesses?
What body parts would have to be added or changed to turn them into a Pollinator?
http://www.ducksters.com/animals/dragonfly.php
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/insects/dragonfly/Dragonflyprintout.shtml
https://www.natgeokids.com/nz/discover/animals/insects/15-facts-about-bugs/#!/register
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