Plant Evolutionary Ecology Lab

List of materials for Rainforest Pollination activity

 

For a class of 30:

  • A large room or hall with a screen
  • A PowerPoint presentation for the introduction. PowerPoint slides used in this activity can be recreated or the original slides can be accessed by contacting the author via email
  • 2 x relay sticks
  • Flower costumes – 2 x red and 2 x yellow (see picture in main page)
  • 13 x Bee costume (e.g. a bee stripe headband)
  • 13 x Hummingbird costume (e.g. a mask covered with feathers)
  • 4 x arm sized cardboard tubes
  • 4 x bags
  • 2 x 100g non-toxic ‘Holi One’ festival powder (orange or yellow), to be used as “pollen”
  • 60 x "nectar tokens", e.g. small plastic counters or cardboard tokens to represent nectar.
  • 15 x winter glove pairs