Pollination pairs

In this activity, students match native flowers with their pollinators, basing predictions on the main characteristics of flowers pollinated by wind, insects or birds.

Native flowers

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Botanists use flowers as key identifiers for native plants. This image shows the flowers of a kōwhai, kōtukutuku/tree fuchsia ( Fuchsia excorticata ) and a male flower of the kanono ( Coprosma grandifolia ).

Rights: Kōwhai © Neville Gardner; kōtukutuku © Tony Wills, Creative Commons 2.5; kanono © bbi2, Creative Commons 4.0.

By the end of this activity, students should be able to:

• recognise the characteristics of flowers pollinated by wind, insects or birds

• understand how the structure of a flower is related to attracting pollinators

• use scientific terminology of flower parts.

Download the Word file (see link below) for:

• introduction/background notes

• what you need

• what to do

• activity/game cards

• teacher answer sheet.