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Pollinator Pals!

Bee a Pollinator Pal!

Our Program Provides Education and Hands On Activities Focused On Native Pollinators, Native Plants, and Our Local Ecology!

Looking for a specific lesson for your curriculum? Just want a fun activity for an hour? Planning a community event?

Let's see what we can do together! 

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Pollinator Pals offers creative lesson, interactive presentations,  and hands-on activities, all locally oriented to educate and engage students about our native pollinators, native plants, and our local ecosystems.

Intro to Pollinators: Flowers Lesson Plan

45 to 90 minutes

Oregon State Science Standards

  • 3rd Grade, LS1.1

  • 4th Grade, LS1.1

Students will be able to:

  • Identify the reproductive parts of a flower

  • Dissect flowers

  • Understand the importance of pollinators in seed production

  • Connect the concept of pollination to their favorite foods

  • Create art using flower parts

Adopt A Seed Lesson Plan

45 to 90 minutes

Oregon State Science Standards

  • 3rd Grade, LS1.1, LS3.2, LS4.3, LS1.1

  • 4th Grade, LS1.1

  • 5th Grade, LS1.1, LS2.1
     

Students will be able to:

  • Describe the components of a seed and their job as part of a plant

  • Understand the life cycle of a plant from seed to seed

  • Collect and prepare native wildflower seeds

  • Plant a native seed

  • Connect a plant’s life cycle to the seasons

  • Understand the environmental requirements of seeds

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All resources available in Spanish upon request

Intro to Pollinators; Pollinator ID

60 minutes

  • Oregon State Science Standards

    • 2.LS4.1

    • 6.LS1.4

    • 7.LS2.5
       

  • Students will be able to​

    • Identify pollinators 

    • Use a dichotomous key

    • Survey insect populations using scientific techniques 

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MOTHS!

60 minutes

  • Oregon State Science Standards

    • 2.LS2.2 Pollination

    • 2.LS4.1 Diversity

    • 3.LS1.1 Life cycles

    • 3.LS4.3 Needs and characteristics of habitats

    • 4.LS1.1 Physical adaptations

    • 4.LS1.2 Senses

    • 6.LS1.4 Successful reproduction. 
       

  • Students will learn about moth biology and their evolution and importance

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"It was great! The lesson ran smoothly, was engaging for the kids, and was well staffed with knowledgeable volunteers who also clearly had experience teaching children. I didn't feel overwhelmed with too many emails or decision-making. Yet, I felt informed and a part of the process."


~ Angelina Tejada Ingram, Bellview Elementary, Ashland

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