Method & Questions:
Discuss the role of pollen in plants - i.e. how it must move between flowers to
fertilise the ovules (eggs) of the plant.
How does pollen travel from plant to plant?
Discuss wind pollination and insect pollination. Pollen has to be airborne at
some point.
Place brightly coloured jelly powder in a Petri dish and using the fan blow it
across the room.
Turn off the lights and using the overhead projector show how chalk dust travels
after two chalk dusters are clapped together.
