Why do some plants have strikingly colorful flowers, and who are they trying to impress? Other plants, on the other hand, are quite inconspicuous. Why?
Answers to these and other questions are explored by the children at the Green School. They learn how insects are attracted to and rewarded by flowers and experience in a small experiment that not every insect matches every flower. A short field trip takes them to the farm garden and to the systematics meadow, where the children learn that plants have families, too.
Competencies:
Students will ...
investigate, name and document the components of a flower
examine, classify and identify typical plants of different families
investigate the mechanism of pollination of flowers on a model and recreate it through small experiments
describe and explain mutual dependencies and adaptation processes of plants and animals
use a stereo magnifier appropriately and sketch parts of plants
Competencies in terms of ESD:
The students ...
are sensitized for the topic "insect mortality", learn about the importance of (wild) bees and other insects for the pollination of wild and cultivated plants (awareness raising regarding ecosystem services and biodiversity is initiated and promoted)
