Buzz: Create the First Character, Your Pollinator

Grades 2–3

5 Sessions, 30 Minutes to 1 Hour Each

Fantasy/SciFi, Narrative, STEM

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My Pollinator: Buzzing About Personification

by Eli Sparkman, 826michigan

1. Buzz: Create the First Character, Your Pollinator

2. Whoosh: Create the Second Character, Your Plant

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Buzz: Create the First Character, Your Pollinator

In this first session, students will learn about personification and character development, while getting to know some of nature’s major pollinators.

What Your Students Will Learn

Your students will be introduced to personification and learn how to apply it to character development

Common core standards

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.2.7 Download Resourse Icon

Participate in shared research and writing projects (e.g., read a number of books on a single topic to produce a report; record science observations).

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Conduct short research projects that build knowledge about a topic.

What Your Students Will Produce

Your students will produce a character description of a pollinator, written the first-person point-of-view.

What You Will Need

My Pollinator Session 1—Handout
- 1 copy per student
“Flowers and Their Pollinators: A Perfect Match!” by SciShow Kids (5:08)
Give Them Their Flowers by 826michigan

Before You Start

These sessions were originally designed and taught by 826michigan in partnership with the Belle Isle Conservatory in Detroit, Michigan. In this adapted project, students will create imanginative stories rooted in facts they learn about pollination. We’ve provided facts about common pollinators, but we encourage you to tailor this project to pollinators that are native to your area. If you’d like to dig deeper, you could work to integrate with local resources often found at local botanical or community gardens. A field trip or an in-class visit by a master gardener could help students understand how to spot pollinators in their own community.

In this session, students will work in small groups to create characters based on pollinators. For STEP 2, decide whether you will assign pollinators to groups, or allow groups to choose their pollinator.