Colorful Pollinators Matching Activity

Learn to identify colors while engaging with the beauty of nature in this hands-on activity! Just like humans, animal friends need to eat, including pollinators, who find their food inside of flowers. Pollinators are drawn to some colors more than others, and this helps them decide which flowers to visit when they get hungry. In this activity, help six pollinator friends find some of their favorite flowers so they can eat and help new flowers grow!

Categories

Age Group: Preschool
Animal Area: Bugs and Insects
ELOF Domain: Cognition
Resource Format: PDF
Language: English
Smithsonian Museum: Smithsonian Gardens
Topic: Color, Nature
A black and orange butterfly rests on a cluster of small pink and purple star-shaped flowers.

Part of the Following Programs

Two artistic characters stand next to each other. The first is a man wearing a bright blue shirt and holding a guitar. The second is a pink jackalope puppet with a dark blue shirt and dark pink glasses. They are surrounded by four animal cutouts including a green python, a yellow frog, a blue frog, and a green and white striped iguana.

Colorful Creatures

What reptiles and amphibians are colorful? How do these animals use these colors to help them?

Content Unit :

Color

Featured Creature :

Corn snake; Fiji island iguana

Smithsonian Partners :

National Air and Space Museum, National Museum of American History, National Museum of Asian Art, National Postal Museum, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Smithsonian Gardens

ELOF Standards :

IT-C 10; P-SCI-1; P-SCI-2; P-SCI-3

A pink Jackalope puppet stands next to a cartoon illustration of a brown haired man playing a guitar. Surrounding them are different animals including birds, a sloth, and an agouti which is a kind of rodent.

Three Cheers for Trees

During this field trip, children will explore the amazing qualities of trees and learn how they benefit both animals and humans every day, from providing shelter and food to serving as a useful material for various objects. It's a TREE-tastic program! 

Content Unit :
Trees
Featured Creature :
Two-toed sloth, Red-rumped agouti