Grade 2 | SCIENCE
WEEK 6 • PRACTICE WORKBOOK • DAYS 26–30
Read the matching lesson in the Week 6 Student Textbook first. Write each answer on the line below its question. Day 30 is answered on your own.
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Day 26: Flowers and Pollen
Flower to fruit
| Step | What happens |
|---|---|
| 1 | A flower makes pollen |
| 2 | Pollen is moved to the seed-making part of a flower, often on another flower of the same kind |
| 3 | The flower makes seeds |
| 4 | A fruit grows around the seeds |
- What is the fine powder that flowers make?
Answer: _________________________________________________
- What happens right after a flower is pollinated?
Answer: _________________________________________________
- Explain why pollination matters to people who grow fruit.
Answer: _________________________________________________
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Day 27: Bees and Butterflies
Garden count
| Visitor | Flowers visited in 10 minutes |
|---|---|
| Honeybee | 24 |
| Bumblebee | 17 |
| Butterfly | 9 |
- Which visitor went to the most flowers?
Answer: _________________________________________________
- How many flowers did the two kinds of bees visit together?
Answer: _________________________________________________
- Explain how a bee looking for food helps the flowers at the same time.
Answer: _________________________________________________
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Day 28: Other Pollinators
Pollinator chart
| Pollinator | When it visits | Where pollen sticks |
|---|---|---|
| Hummingbird | Daytime | Head and feathers |
| Bat | Night | Fur |
| Moth | Night | Body and legs |
| Butterfly | Daytime | Body and legs |
- Which pollinators in the chart visit at night?
Answer: _________________________________________________
- Where does pollen stick on a hummingbird?
Answer: _________________________________________________
- Why might a flower that opens only at night be pollinated by a bat or moth and not a butterfly? Explain using the chart.
Answer: _________________________________________________
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Day 29: Build a Pollinator Model
Model results
| Model bee | Touched yellow powder, then a clean cup | Powder in the clean cup? |
|---|---|---|
| Fuzzy pipe cleaner | Yes | A lot |
| Cotton swab | Yes | Some |
| Smooth plastic spoon | Yes | Almost none |
- Which model bee moved the most powder?
Answer: _________________________________________________
- Which model moved almost none?
Answer: _________________________________________________
- Explain what the model shows about why real bees are good pollinators.
Answer: _________________________________________________
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Hands-on task: Build and test your own pollinator model
- Plan: choose a pollinator to model, such as a bee or butterfly. Draw your plan and label the fuzzy part that will carry pollen.
- Build: make your model with safe materials, such as a pipe cleaner, pom-pom or cotton swab. Put a spoonful of flour or cornstarch in one paper cup for pollen, and leave a second cup clean for another flower.
- Test: touch your model to the powder in the first cup, then touch it to the clean cup.
- Record: write whether powder moved to the clean cup and what that shows about how pollinators help flowers.
My model showed:
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Day 30: Independent Check: Pollinators
Squash garden
A family grew squash in a garden. In June, many bees visited the yellow squash flowers each morning, and the family picked 30 squash. The next year, a cold, rainy spring kept the bees away during flowering time. That summer the family picked only 8 squash.
Answer on your own. An adult may read the questions aloud but should not give the answers.
- Which animals visited the squash flowers?
Answer: _________________________________________________
- How many fewer squash did the family pick the second year?
Answer: _________________________________________________
- The family picked fewer squash the second year. Give two possible reasons from the text, and explain how one of them affected pollination.
Answer: _________________________________________________
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