{"id":2169,"date":"2020-08-23T21:03:18","date_gmt":"2020-08-23T21:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/happilyhomeschoolinginiowa.com\/?page_id=2169"},"modified":"2022-11-30T12:21:09","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T12:21:09","slug":"hands-on-science-pollinators","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/happilyhomeschoolinginiowa.com\/?page_id=2169","title":{"rendered":"Hands On Science: Pollinators"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:22px\"><strong>Hands On Science <\/strong><br><strong>Pollinators<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-normal-font-size\"><strong>Free Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-black-color has-text-color has-normal-font-size\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">&#8220;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nrcs.usda.gov\/wps\/portal\/nrcs\/detail\/national\/plantsanimals\/pollinate\/?cid=stelprdb1142431\" target=\"_blank\">Be a friend to Pollinators<\/a>&#8221; <\/mark>is a free E Book that your little scientist might enjoy.<br><br><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/secure.iowadot.gov\/lrtf\/docs\/pollinatorsiniowa.pdf\">Pollinators in Iowa<\/a>&#8220;<\/mark> is a free guide to Iowa&#8217;s pollinators.<br><br>The Iowa Living Roadway Trust Fund has a multitude free of guides and beautifully colored posters of pollinators.   These are free and shipped directly to you free.   You can find those <a href=\"https:\/\/secure.iowadot.gov\/lrtf\/ShoppingCart.aspx\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">here<\/mark><\/a><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">.<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-black-color has-text-color has-normal-font-size\"><strong>Field Trip Recommendations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-black-color has-text-color\">Doo Little Prairie, Story City,  Iowa<br>Mcfarland Park,  Ames, Iowa<br>Christiansen Forest Preserve, Huxley.  Iowa<br>Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge, Prairie City, Iowa<br>Carroll Prairie, Nevada Iowa<br>The Brenton Arboretum, Dallas Center, Iowa<br>Cooper&#8217;s Prairie Marsh, Nevada, Iowa<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color\"><br><strong>Learning a Bit About Pollinators<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-black-color has-text-color has-normal-font-size\"><strong>Five things you can do to help pollinators<\/strong><br>1.  Plant a flower garden<br>2.  Plant milkweed for the monarchs<br>3. Provide watering dishes in your garden<br>4.  Protect your garden from pesticides<br>5. Teach your friends about pollinators<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-black-color has-text-color has-normal-font-size\">For the purpose of sharing some of our experiments and experiences some of our lessons have been recorded. I hope that you are able to take something away from our examples of our science lessons, free resources referrals and field trip recommendations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-black-color has-text-color has-normal-font-size\"><br>One afternoon JV and I headed out in our neighborhood to see if we could find Monarch eggs, a chrysalis or caterpillars on milkweed plants.   You can see part of our neighborhood walk below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"On the Hunt for Monarch Eggs in our Neighborhood\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w0okyJJeOic?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">I opened a dried milkweed seed pod. It was beautiful and a fluffy silky mess.  You can see God&#8217;s beautiful design below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Opening a Milkweed Pod |  Wow\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Rrr5GN_bl-c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-black-color has-text-color\">JV had an opportunity to participate with High School Students around Iowa and learn about Bees.  He was able to watch a little baby bee take it&#8217;s first flight.  You can see it too in the video below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Baby Bee Takes Flight\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3TKXS_6asKk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hands On Science Pollinators Free Resources &#8220;Be a friend to Pollinators&#8221; is a free E Book that your little scientist might enjoy. &#8220;Pollinators in Iowa&#8220; is a free guide to Iowa&#8217;s pollinators. The Iowa Living Roadway Trust Fund has a multitude free of guides and beautifully colored posters of pollinators. 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