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6 Investigating pollination

Reference: Learners book pg 28 & 29

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What kind of flowers would different
insects prefer to visit?
Flowers with brightly coloured
petals
Flowers with scented petals
Flowers with lots of nectar
Flowers with large petals

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Activity 2.6- Observing insect pollinators
Select four flowers that are brightly coloured as well
as some that do not have bright colours such as grass
flowers.
Observe the flowers (size,colour, presence of pollens
and nectar)
Predict how each flower is pollinated.
Observe which types of insects visit the flowers.
Count how many times the different insects visit the
flowers within a half an hour.
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Activity 2.6- Examples of selected
flowers
Daisy
Lily

Grass

Rose
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Butterfly
Beetle

Bee

Wind

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Activity 2.6 – Results

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Representing the findings
What type of a graph is best to represent your results ?
Bar chart / bar graph

What should be the x-axis (horizontal axis)

Name of the flower

What should be the y-axis (vertical axis)

Number of insect visits

Please note that the bar graph you see in the next slide was drawn considering
the results of bees visited different flowers.

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nvestigation of number of insect visits on different flowers

Daisy Rose Grass Lily

Name of the flower 9
Learners book questions –pg 29
1)Which flower did the insects visit most often ?
Suggest a reason why.

Insects visited the lily flower most often.

Lily is a large and a noticeable flower.

Lilies have colours which attract insects.
Lilies usually have lots of pollen and nectar.

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2) Which insects visited the flowers most often?
Bees
3) Were your predictions about pollinators correct?
Yes
4) a) What pattern would you observe in the flowers
visited by insects?
Insects visit flowers that have coloured or white petals.
b) Suggest a reason for this pattern
The colour of the petals attract the insects.

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THANK YOU

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