Junior Curators: Pollinators

May 2022's theme is Pollinators!

Child wearing a paper bumblebee mask and holding origami flowers.

UAMN photo byJennifer Arseneau.

Explore the special relationships between pollinators and plants!

Make a bee and flower craft, sculpt an insect, play a matching game, and more.

 

At Home Activities:

The links are all PDF documents. 

  • Make a Bee Mask and Colorful Flower: Explore pollinators by making a bee and flower craft.

  • Build an Insect: Create a clay insect sculpture and discover insect anatomy.

  • Butterfly Memory Game: Discover ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ butterflies with a memory game!

  • (Courtesy of Smithsonian Gardens) Investigate the differences and similarities between pollinators with a guided field journal.

             Clay sculpture of a beetle, with wings and antennae made from red pipecleaners and a proboscis made from a toothpick.                     Person wearing a bee mask and holding a colorful paper flower.             6 pairs of butterfly matching cards, each showing a different species.

Left to Right: Build an Insect, Bee Mask and Colorful Flower, and Butterfly Matching Game examples.

 

 

Watch a video about the relationships between flowers and pollinators:

(Courtesy of SciShow Kids)

 

 

 

For activities designed for kids ages 5 and under, go to the Virtual Early Explorers page.

 

 

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