This afternoon, we enjoyed carrying out a practical activity to demonstrate how plants are pollinated by insects. First the children drew a brightly coloured flower to attract insects. I then gave each child some nectar (cheese puffs). The class were transformed into bees and ate the delicious nectar. Whilst eating the nectar, children ended up covered in pollen (cheese puff crumbs) and could not lick their fingers! When they had finished the nectar, children then buzzed around the room and were attracted to other brightly coloured flowers but ended up leaving pollen on other flowers. We then discussed how some of this pollen would travel down the pollen tube and will join with an ovule to create a seed.
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