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The following reading collections are free with registration at Readworks.

This collection of readings is all about insects and other animals that pollinate plants! Review the process of pollination and discover even more about pollinators! (Grade 2)

This collection of readings is all about the interactions between organisms and their environments. Students will explore what an ecologist is and review the relationships between bees and flowering plants! (Grade 3)

Both reading sets also include challenge articles to help differentiate for your students.

Extend the Future Flowers Game

If your students would like to continue playing the game from this lesson, we have created an additional set of Plant Cards. Print out one set of additional cards for each pair of students. Then, cut out the cards and shuffle them into the deck. The rules and pollinators will all remain the same as the original game.

Design a Flower

This activity from Smithsonian Education invites students to consider the adaptations flowers have developed that support pollination. Students match a particular flower’s adaptations with a particular pollinator. They also consider their own personal preferences (e.g. favorite colors and scents) and imagine what kind of flower they would want to pollinate.

You can elaborate student learning and engagement with Mystery Science mini-lessons.

• “How do bees make honey?” In this mini-lesson students learn how bees make honey! [The bees Doug mentions are a special type of bee called honeybees. Most bees actually don’t make honey!]

If you are in an NGSS state, this mini-lesson supports the DCI LS1.B: Growth and Development of Organisms