Junior Curators: Pollinators
May 2022's theme is Pollinators!
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.
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Make a Bee Mask and Colorful Flower: Explore pollinators by making a bee and flower craft.
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Build an Insect: Create a clay insect sculpture and discover insect anatomy.
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Butterfly Memory Game: Discover Alaska butterflies with a memory game!
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Pollination Field Journal: (Courtesy of Smithsonian Gardens) Investigate the differences and similarities between pollinators with a guided field journal.
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.