Reproduction & Growth

Bee videos:

• BEE-MAN!

• Bees pollinating

• What's Happening to Honey Bees?

• Why are the bees dying?

  • How bees make honey...and bread?   goes over some of the anatomy

• How do bees make honey?

  • World's Weirdest: Honey Bee Dance Moves (National Geographic)

• Bee cleaning her antennae

• What's the Waggle Dance? And Why Do Honeybees Do It?

• How can bees see the invisible

• Honey Bees - Life Cycle

Bee Live Cam

Bee articles:

• The Anatomy of Bees

• About Honeybees?

Bees and plants:

• • How Bees Help Plants Have Sex video

  • Pollination by BrainPop video

  • Plant Pollination Strategies article

  • Pollinator Syndromes Table table from article

  • How do plants move? 5 methods plants use for seed dispersal! video

Flowers:

video - Flowers by Peter Weatherall 

video - Flower Song by Peter Weatherall 

Parts of a Flower

• • Sepals are usually green, leaf like parts at the base of the flower. Sepals provide protection to the bud. Petals are usually the brightly colored parts of a flower. Petals protect the delicate structures inside the flower and may also attract insects. The sepal and petals are not directly involved in reproduction and many flowers lack them. 

  • The stamen is a stalk-like structure with caps found on the inside of the petals, or still attached to the stem. All parts that make up the stamen are associated with a flower’s male reproductive system. The stalk portion of a stamen is the filament. It supports the anther. The anther produces pollen grains that contain plant sperm.

  • The pistil is a slender stalk like structure with a round base connected to the stem. All parts that make up the pistil are associated with a flower’s female reproductive system. A detailed study of the pistil reveals that it is composed of three parts. The stigma is the top portion of the pistil. It is usually sticky. The stigma is the collecting place for pollen grains. The stalk of the pistil is the style. The base of the pistil is the ovary, which may be partly hidden from view by the sepals. The ovary contains ovules. The ovules are the eggs of plants. 

Animal Reproductive Strategies

Below is a concept map (in blue). Copy the concept map onto a piece of NB paper. Then watch the videos that follow and classify them (state which category or categories each one belongs in) along with a short description. An example of one has been done for you.

1) Australian Great Bower Bird Building Bower Nest    The Bowerbird's Grand Performance!

2) Footed Booby Mating Dance

3) Bird of Paradise

4) Pufferfish

5) Peacock Spider

6) Humpback Whales

7) Frog Courtship

Animal Courtship Behaviors

Visual Display                         Dancing                         Sound                Build/Give Something       

                                                     Bower Bird                              Bower Bird                  Bower Bird                    Bower Bird

                                                 (colorful items)                       (fan out feathers)        (wheezy call)                  (builds bower)