Pollination

Pollination & Pollinators

By Bob Allen

These are accessory materials developed as part of my presentations about pollination and pollinators. I do *not* give out the presentation file itself, a Keynote document. I am available to give the presentation for a fee to environmental & educational groups in parts of southern California.

All material copyright Bob Allen. Educational use freely permitted. For commercial use, contact the author: bugbob *a t* mac.com

Southern Goldenbush Borer Beetle
Crossidius testaceus australis
Adults feed on flowers and carry pollen. Larvae tunnel within the stems and roots of Coastal Goldenbush
Isocoma menziesii

Pollination & Pollinators By Bob Allen These are accessory materials developed as part of my presentations about pollination and pollinators. I do not give out the presentation file itself, a Keynote document. I am available to give the presentation for a fee to environmental & educational groups in parts of southern California. All material copyright Bob Allen. Educational use freely permitted. For commercial use, contact the author: bugbob a t mac.com	Parasitic Leafcutter Bee Coelioxys sp. Females lay eggs on the pollen masses in the nests of other bees

Play the Pollination Crossword Puzzle! Play the puzzle online right now. A flash animation; your web browser must be equipped with the Adobe Flash plug-in (free here). Download the interactive puzzle. A StuffIt archive, requires StuffIt Expander (free here) to decompress. A flash animation; your web browser must be equipped with the Adobe Flash plug-in (free here). Download the puzzle & answer sheet, as a pdf file Download the puzzle as a Crossword Forge file The crossword puzzle was made with Crossword Forge, a terrific product by Sol Robots.	Crossword Forge Yeah, baby!

Documents These documents are in various file formats, as indicated. They can be opened and modified with applications such as Microsoft Word, AppleWorks, Apple Pages, and Apple Preview. Pollination Handout Apple Pages format 2006 - Requires Apple Pages PDF format 2006 - Open with Apple Preview or Adobe Acrobat Reader Microsoft Word format 2005 - Open with Apple Pages, AppleWorks, or Microsoft Word Flower Parts - entire flower; two pages, one labeled, one unlabeled PDF format 2006 - Open with Apple Preview or Adobe Acrobat Reader Flower diagram - with parts expanded PDF format 2006 - Open with Apple Preview or Adobe Acrobat Reader Pollinator Quiz Apple Pages format 2006 - Requires Apple Pages PDF format 2006 - Open with Apple Preview or Adobe Acrobat Reader Microsoft Word format 2006 - Open with Apple Pages, AppleWorks, or Microsoft Word	Squash Bee Peponapis pruinosa One of the two primary pollinators of Coyote Melon Cucurbita foetidissima

Photographs These files are all in PDF format. Open them with Apple Preview or Adobe Acrobat Reader. Pollination Poster 2005 (reduced to US Letter size) Pollination Photos 2006, page 1 Pollination Photos 2006, page 2 Pollination Photos 2006, page 3 Pollination Photos 2006, page 4	Southern Goldenbush Borer Beetle Crossidius testaceus australis Adults feed on flowers and carry pollen. Larvae tunnel within the stems and roots of Coastal Goldenbush Isocoma menziesii

Models Make them out of construction paper to teach their pollination systems. These files are all in PDF format. Open them with Apple Preview or Adobe Acrobat Reader. Woolly Blue-Curls, Trichostema lanatum Vinegarweed, Trichostema lanceolatum Mountain Blue-Curls, Trichostema parishii Padre's Shooting Star, Dodecatheon clevelandii Rothrock Lobelia, Lobelia dunnii var. serrata California Poppy, Eschscholzia californica Nightshade, Solanum sp. Aster Flower Models, Family Asteraceae Family Asteraceae	Model of Rothrock Lobelia Lobelia dunnii var. serrata
Revised Friday, 2 March 2007.

Pollination & Pollinators

Play the Pollination Crossword Puzzle!

Documents

Photographs

Models