Bees and Pollination Experiment
Date: 12th May 2020 @ 8:49am
Good Morning Reception!
Today we are going to be taking part in a science experiment! How fun!
You will need:
Small paper bags
Cheesy puff crisps
Bee Finger Puppet (see link)
Flower Cut-outs (see link)
Method:
Explain to children that this is an experiment to show how a bee helps with the pollination of flowers.
As a bee moves from one flower to another it moves the pollen between them.
Make a flower by putting a picture on the front of a paper bag.
Put the cheesy puffs inside the bag.
Give children a bee finger puppet and let them fly to a flower and grab some cheesy puffs. Explain that they can eat the cheesy puffs, but not lick or wipe the crumbs off their finger!
After they have had chance to eat a few crisps and get lots of crumbs on their fingers, let them fly to another flower and land on it.
What has happened to the crumbs from their fingers?
Some of the ‘pollen’ has been left behind on another flower – they have successfully pollinated a flower, which will then help it to make new seeds!
We hope that you have fun taking part in this experiment! :)