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I recently did an adaptation of the Flower Hunt activity from Bria Marty, Kristy Daniel, and Michelle Forsythe's Bee Time article. This activity is designed to take place at an outside garden or 'wild space' near a school, but I was unable to do so because of the lack of vegatation surrounding this inner-city school. I modified the activty by choosing pictures of flowers that bees typically pollinate and some that they do/can not pollinate and printing them out. Next, I laminated the pictures and hot glued them to popsicle sticks to be stuck into the ground. This provides an opportunity for students to still conduct the hunt and model the process to help meet NGSS's 2-LS2-2 standard, even though they did not have access to real flowers! However, if you have access to the real deal- don't waste the opportunity!

Hi Madisen, I am a preservice secondary science teacher. I really like this idea and how it can be adapted for all levels. I think this could be a really great opportunity for a hands-on activity that is applicable to the real world! Thanks for sharing this and how to adapt when resources aren't available!