Two science arcades from the Smoky Mountains. Real pollen from the Dr. Lei lab. Choose a door!
Smokies sky: checking the weather...
The pollen pictures are real scanning electron microscope (SEM) images from Dr. Nancy Lei's lab at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. The doors show day or night and the live weather near the Smokies (National Weather Service, Gatlinburg and Knoxville area stations, Eastern time). Made by Easy as Play.
Welcome to the Pollen Patrol. Pick a game.
Nancy: Start with Pollen Bingo Blitz. Every grain on your card is a real pollen picture from a Tennessee tree.
Pollen Bingo Blitz
How are you playing?
Level
Score
0
Streak
0
Call
1/11
Find the pollen from
Red Maple
Ready
Press Call to start
Called so far
None yet
Nancy: Listen for your teacher's call. Tap the matching pollen to mark it. Tap again to undo. Get a line, then press BINGO!
Pollen Hall of Fame
Nancy: Welcome to my Hall of Fame! Tap a tree to meet it. Then find its real pollen to earn a stamp. Collect all 11!
0 of 11 stamps
Nice work!