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
• 2 craft sticks
• 2 rubber bands
• poster paper or large Post-It notes
• 2-3 pairs of latex gloves, one per student
• crayons or colored markers
• Pollen Collection Data Worksheet (PDF), one per student
• Pre-Assessment (PDF), one per student
• Post-Assessment (PDF), one per student

For the entire class to share:

• markers
• balance scale