In spring, ladybugs come out.
They help grow the trees.
They also help with plants and flowers.
They live in the garden.
They help you!
Ladybugs by Sooah
Hummingbirds by Micah
Hummingbirds have a colorful style
Which makes seeing them worthwhile
They are pollinators
And flower dominators
Hummingbirds visit 1000 flowers a day
So when it gets cold they can fly away
It slurps nectar with its beak
And eats 80.5 times its weight in a week
WHY THE BATS ARE AWESOME! by Andor
BATS, BATS, BATS, THE CRITTER OF THE NIGHT.
BATS, BATS, ONLY COME OUT AT NIGHT.
BATS, BATS EAT MOSQUITOES IN THE DEAD OF THE NIGHT.
WATCH OUT… FOR YOU’LL GET A FRIGHT.
BATS! THEY USE CHIRPTEROPHILY TO POLLINATE!
BATS, BATS, BATS!
Caterpillar to Butterfly by Wyatt
When a butterfly is just born, it looks like a worm. In this stage, it is called a caterpillar. A caterpillar only eats leaves and grasses. In 5 to 20 days the caterpillar creates a cocoon and starts to turn into a butterfly. Once hatched, a butterfly eats the nectar of flowers. When it lands on a flower the pollen from the flower sticks to the legs of the butterfly and is carried to another flower. A butterfly can live up to 12 months and during that time they can migrate up to 7,000 miles (11,000 km).
About Us
The Pretty Big Pollinator Project is an effort by Green Mountain Area Homeschoolers to increase awareness of the importance of pollinators like butterflies, bees, bats, birds, and bugs. Through a series of activities, we hope to engage people in our community and beyond by providing education and resources and encouraging native plantings for better habitat.
Since 2014, Green Mountain Area Homeschoolers have used the service-learning template provided by the Jane Goodall Institute’s Roots and Shoots program to address local environmental issues. Each year, our families choose a problem we would like to work on. In the past, our projects have included picking up trash, planting wildflowers, raising awareness for birds, and water conservation. During four of those years, we were honored to receive Lakewood, Colorado’s Youth Defender of the Planet Sustainability Award for environmental conservation.
Submitted by Wyatt
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