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Spring: Pollinator Project: Lesson 3
Planting and tending the pollinators
Warm-up: 10-15 mins
- Ask children to discuss their pollinator maps from the previous lesson, in particular sites of growth around the school grounds. 
 
  Introduction: 10 mins
- Ask students to gather the necessary tools for planting wildflower seed mix. Assign a particular area in the school grounds to each group. 
- Ask students to create planting signs on lollipop sticks, listing the wildflowers in the mix. 

Development: 40 mins
- Working in groups of 4-5 students and an adult, plant wildflower seeds in designated sites around the school grounds. Each group should be responsible for cleaning after them and putting the gardening tools back in place. 

Conclusion: 10 mins
- As a class group, invite children to discuss the required conditions and growing time, and folklore associations of the range of wildflowers that has been planted.
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Pollinator Project: Lesson 1 Pollinator Project: Lesson 1 Spring Introducing the Pollinator Project Pollinator Project: Lesson 2 Pollinator Project: Lesson 2 Spring Planning the Pollinator Project Pollinator Project: Lesson 3 Pollinator Project: Lesson 3 Spring Planting and tending the pollinators Pollinator Project: Lesson 4 Pollinator Project: Lesson 4 Spring Planting and tending the pollinators Pollinator Project: Lesson 5 Pollinator Project: Lesson 5 Spring Colour exploration with the pollinators Pollinator Project: Lesson 6 Pollinator Project: Lesson 6 Spring Painting pollinators in mixed media Pollinator Project: Lesson 7 Pollinator Project: Lesson 7 Spring Painting pollinators in mixed media Pollinator Project: Lesson 8 Pollinator Project: Lesson 8 Spring Painting pollinators in mixed media
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