Modern flowering plants can have very elaborate floral adaptations that are designed to attract specific types of pollinators. These pollinators include bats, birds, and various insects from beetles to bees to flies to moths. To be an effective pollinator, an animal must visit flowers in search of pollen or nectar and move pollen from flower to flower during its visits. Introduce the subject of flower pollination by animals with the material presented above. Have students try to name other animals that might pollinate these flowers.
Many flowers have shapes that lend themselves to pollination by a very few types of animals.
Observe the shape of the flowers in column 1 and try to choose appropriate pollinators from column 2. Some flowers may have more than one type of pollinator. Under some flowers is a hint as to their color, fragrance, or blooming time.