Materials List: To Pollinate or Not to Pollinate

Each group needs:

  • Flower model
    • 4 sheets of tissue paper or construction paper (for flower petals)
    • pipe cleaner (for flower stem)
    • scissors
    • tape (masking, Scotch, painters)
  •  Pollen
    • paper bowl (to hold the “pollen” – cheese puffs)
    • 3-4 cups of cheese puffs (one for each design iteration and test)
  • Materials to test
    • 2 strips of Velcro, ~75mm to 100 mm long
    • 2 wooden popsicle sticks
    • square of tin foil, 50 mm x 50 mm
    • sponge (cut in half)
    • (optional) square of felt, 50 mm x 50 mm

For the entire class to share:

  • markers
  • balance scale
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