Have you ever leaned close to a flower and gone “mmm!”?
That lovely smell is not there just for us. Flowers have a secret plan… and their perfume is part of it. Let's find out!
👉 Tap Next to begin your smelly science adventure.
A smell is made of tiny invisible bits that float off the flower and drift through the air — like sparkles too small to see. When they reach your nose, your brain says “nice flower!”
Tap the flower to puff out its scent and watch it float. 🌺
Flowers can't walk or call out. So they send out their sweet smell to invite helpers — bees, butterflies and other insects. The scent says: “Come here! Free food inside!”
Inside every flower is a sweet drink called nectar 🍯 that insects love.
Guess: Why would a flower want to invite a bee to visit?
When a bee lands to sip nectar, a yellow dust called pollen sticks to its fuzzy body. The bee flies to the next flower and drops some pollen there.
That swap of pollen helps flowers make seeds — so new baby plants can grow! The nice smell started this whole chain. 🌱
Move the bee from flower to flower to deliver pollen. Tap the buttons!
Flowers make different scents to attract different helpers. Clever, right? Tap each card to reveal its guest.
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Tap a smell on the left, then tap the helper it invites on the right.
What you learned:
So flowers don't smell nice for us — they smell nice to make more flowers. Nature is clever! 💛