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Experiment

with

Pollination

Nadia Higgins

Copyright 2015 by Lerner Publishing Group, Inc.

Content Consultant: Dr. Norm Lownds, Curator, Michigan 4-H Children's Gardens

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Higgins, Nadia.

Experiment with pollination / by Nadia Higgins.

pages cm. (Lightning Bolt Books Plant Experiments)

Includes index.
ISBN 978-1-4677-5734-8 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)
ISBN 978-1-4677-6076-8 (pbk.)
ISBN 978-1-4677-6246-5 (EB pdf))
1. PollinationJuvenile literature. 2. PlantsExperimentsJuvenile literature. I. Title.

II. Series: Lightning bolt books. Plant experiments.
QK926.H575 2015
571.8642dc23

2014027541

Manufactured in the United States of America

1 BP 12/31/14

Table

of

Contents

What

Are

the

Parts

of

a

Flower?

Colorful flowers fill vases
and brighten gardens. Out in
nature, beautiful flowers have
an important job.

Flower gardens are full
of flowers waiting to
be pollinated.

Flowers make seeds. Pollination
is the first step in making seeds.

Bees aid in
pollination.

During pollination, tiny pollen
grains move from one flower
part to another. Most often,
insects carry the pollen from
flower to flower.

The flower parts
labeled on this lily are
important in pollination.

anther

stigma

pistil

stamen

petal

ovule

Letslookatthepartsofaflowerandhowtheyworktogetherduringpollination.

What You Need:

tape

lily

pencil and
paper

scissors

cotton swab

Steps:

Gently pull the petals off the lily.
Tape them to the paper, and label
them petals.

Pull the stamens off the lily. Tape them
to the paper, and label them stamens.
If you arent sure where a certain part
is on your flower, look to the labels on
page to help you.

If youre allergic to pollen,
have an adult cut off your
flowers stamens. For steps
and 3, draw the stamens,
using the diagram on page

Touch the tip of one of the
stamens with the cotton swab.
Label the tip anther.

Did pollen come off
on your cotton swab?

Find the pistil and tape it to the
paper. Touch its tip. Is it sticky?

Use the scissors to slice open the
base of the pistil. Cut the long way.
Can you see the ovules?

Label the tip of
the pistil stigma.

Think It Through

If the stigma on your lily was
sticky, the lily was ready for
pollination. It would have
used pollen from a different
flower to make a seed.

A seed will form only if
pollen from the same
types of flowers join.

How

Do

Bees

Bristles

Help

Flowers?

Pollinators are insects or other
animals that spread pollen. As
they sip nectar, their bodies pick
up pollen. The pollen rubs off
on the next flower they visit.

Honeybees use the
pollen they pick up to
feed their young.

Beesareoneofnaturesbestpollinators.Pollensticksallovertheirhairybodies.

A bumblebee can visit
up to forty flowers
in one minute!

Howmuchdothosetinyhairshelp?Letstrythisexperimenttosee!

What You Need:

masking
tape

lily

sheet of
black paper

marker

straw, pencil,
paintbrush,
Popsicle stick,
and coffee stirrer

If you are allergic to
pollen, substitute the
lily for a bowl filled
with baking powder.

Steps:

Open up the lily
and spread out
the stamens.

Touch the
paintbrush
to the first
stamen. Then
tap the brush
on the paper.

Label the mark left
by the paintbrush as
shown here.

Touch the next stamen with the pencil.
Tap the paper, and label the pollen
mark pencil.

Repeat step until youve tested
the straw, the Popsicle stick, and the
coffee stirrer. Do not use the same
stamen twice.

Try to use the same
amount of force
for every touch.

As this butterfly sips

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