Lesson plan

Plant growth and pollination

Summary
Dissect a seed to see where a plant comes from. Move pollen from one flower to another, like a pollinator.
Science content
Biology: Features, Adaptations of Living Things (K, 1, 3, 7)
Biology: Life Cycles (2)
Procedure

Show a seed. It will grow into a plant.
Seed study to find the baby root and shoot in the seed.

Show how a seed grows into a plant with this bean growth time lapse: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w77zPAtVTuI

Once a plant is tall enough it will flower.
Then pollinators will visit.
Put flower to fruit cards in order, to show the flowering and pollination process (for an apple).

Students collect pollen from flowers and transfer to other flowers with a Q-tip, to mimic a pollinator.
My students spontaneously started buzzing like bees!

Grades taught
Gr K