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Flower Power

Resources to support learning on flowers, pollination and plant lifecycles

Curriculum links: Sc2/2.1 Living things and their habitats,  Sc3/2.1 Plants

Find out about the power of flowers to attract their pollinators including some incredible discoveries made by scientists working at Cambridge University Botanic Garden.

Activities can be used as stand alone classroom-based activities or to support a visit to the Garden.

Flower beds filled with blue, purple and white flowers.

Lesson plan:

Flower power lesson plan(opens in new window)

Flower power introduction presentation including videos and teacher notes:

Flower power intro presentation, videos and notes(opens in new window)

Student worksheets:

Flower power pattern worksheet(opens in new window)
Flower power parts of a flower worksheet(opens in new window)
Flower power plant lifecycle worksheet(opens in new window)
Flower power storyboard worksheet(opens in new window)
Flower power translation worksheet(opens in new window)
Flower Power - download all resources(opens in new window)

Supporting resources which you may find useful:

Bee Border plant list(opens in new window)
Wild about gardens wild bee action pack(opens in new window)
The Bee Cause(opens in new window)
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