​Pollinator Observations

Pollinator Observations

Instructions:

Read and understand the attached PDF file titled “Pollination – Lab 1” and then find an open area that contains many different flowers and watch one flower on one plant for 5 mins. Record the color, shape, and location of that flower (See the word file named TIEE Pollination Lab Syndromes). Then tally the number of each type of visitor that comes to the flower in that 5 mins. Repeat that for 7 times on 7 different flowers.

Objectives:

• • Identify common flowering plants, common insect pollinators/visitors to those plants
  • Identify common pollination syndromes evident in those common plants and pollinators

Equipment:

• • This handout and data sheets
  • Stopwatches or watches with second hand or cell phone
  • Identification guides, iNaturalist or other keys
  • Binoculars (as many as we have)
  • Clipboards

You have to do the following:

• • Watch 7-different flowers and then record the color, shape, and location of that flower. Then tally the number of each type of visitor that comes to the flower in that 5 mins. Repeat 7 times (See the word file named TIEE Pollination Lab Syndromes)
  • Fill-out the third attached file which named by “TIEE_Pollination_Lab_ENVS” completely include answering the 3 questions that in Data Investigation part.