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​Pollinators in a Pickle! Workshop​

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​Pollinators in a Pickle! Jeopardy

Lack of open space, chemical use, and climate change present life-threatening challenges to nature's creatures. At the Massachusetts Environmental Educators Society (MEES) Annual Conference in March 2016, MS4B's Barbara Passero and Jean Devine, along with science teacher Steve Gordon and intern Rachel Kaufmann, presented a workshop, Pollinators in a Pickle! We chose to use a humorous approach to the workshop by opening with a seriously silly rap song, which the audience of over 50 educators greeted with laughs and applause. Here's a stanza from the rap.

What is pollination?
It's how plants make the next gen'ration. 
Pollinators move pollen to the pistil from the stamen. 
Sex agents, they help procreation!


Through the rap song, posters, and inter-active games, we explored the interde-pendence of plants, pollinators, and humans in the food chain. Pollinators need pollen and nectar for food and energy. While moving from plant to plant to pick up pollen, pollinators inadvertently drop off pollen. Since many plants can't move (they have roots), they depend on pollinators delivering pollen for reproduction. We hope that from our rapping, humans understand this synergy. 


​Want to know more? We would love to hear from you! 


Barbara Passero, Founder & Director                     Jean Devine, Co-Creator and
                                                                                 Program 
LEADER
781-209-0052                                                             617-947-6256
bpassero2013@gmail.com                                          jmdevine09@gmail.com​
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    • Meadow Blog
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  • Why Plant Meadows?
    • Native Plants
    • Challenges
  • Order Plants
    • Eco-Garden Orders 2020
    • PLANT SAMPLER >
      • New England Aster
      • Black-eyed Susan
      • Bee Balm
      • Blazing Star
      • Blue Vervain
      • Tickseed
      • Butterfly Weed
      • Common Milkweed
      • Goldenrod
      • Gray Goldenrod
      • Joe Pye Weed
      • New York Ironweed
      • Swamp Milkweed
      • Tall Phlox
      • Wild Bergamot
      • Cottonbush
      • Culver's Root
      • Lowbush Blueberry
      • Purple Coneflower
      • Sweet Pepper Bush
      • Switchgrass
      • Cinnamon Fern
      • Christmas Fern
    • PLANT CATALOG FALL 2020
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    • YEEP
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