Flowers and Their Pollinators: A Perfect Match!

Mister Brown and Squeaks take a look at some flowers and their pollinators, and learn about special structures that help them work together perfectly!

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Performance Expectation:

1-LS1-1. Use materials to design a solution to a human problem by mimicking how plants and/or animals use their external parts to help them survive, grow, and meet their needs.

Second Grade Next Generation Science Standards

Crosscutting Concept:

Structure and Function: The way an object is shaped or structured determines many of its properties and functions.

Disciplinary Core Idea:

LS2.A: Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems - Plants depend on animals for pollination or to move their seeds around (2-LS2-2).

Performance Expectation:

2-LS2-2 Develop a simple model that mimics the function of an animal in dispersing seeds or pollinating plants.

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SOURCES:
https://www.houstonzoo.org/blog/unusual-pollinators-plants-love/
https://www.batcon.org/article/a-new-world-record/
https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/pollinators/animals/unusual.shtml
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4040413/
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Image Sources:
Special Thanks to Nathan Muchhala
https://www.flickr.com/photos/benweinstein/16439366578/in/photolist-MyEtSa-4Qc2yJ-Myuiqt-ffbUnL-2iXWTx4-9B8Muy-2aTe6eo-Ne1mBx-MtcCjQ-ffbTKf-6ohz2R-nvGGJT-nvGPLi-r3G3WN-7TFXZG-oKiXzH-jbffgQ-rhWhLC-r1UUtR-nqMc66-feWCtp-aYU1cZ-jbcid4-7yyWEh-4uKAKz-ojMtQ
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lonicera_sempervirens_2.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ruby-throated_Hummingbird_(Archilochus_colubris)_RWD4.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lonicera_sempervirens_NRCS-002.jpg
https://www.nature.com/articles/444701a

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