Plant Life

Introduction

Welcome to the Plant Life webquest for Miss Kline's Kindergarten class! Today you are going to discover how a plant grows and what types of plants there are and what their life cylce is!

You are going to visit different websites, watch a video or two, and read some books for science class to discover the world of plants!

Remember myself and our classroom helpers will be around if you need help navigating the websites!

Task

Today you are going to go and discover the life of plants and how they grow! By visiting different websites, watching a video, and reading a book we will be able to put together the life cycle of a big flower on the board and plant our own flower and watch it grow!

Process

Here are the steps to complete your worksheet and learn the life cycles of a plant!

1. Watch the video below to learn how plants grow!

Plant Life

2. Click on the link below and play with Sparky the Alien! Choose any of the options and work to answer the question!

Website

3. Now I want you to help Caillou out and make his garden beautiful!

Caillou and his garden

4. Watch the video that is first shown on the website below.

5. Play the 2 different games following the video.

Turtle Diary

6. Follow this link and watch as a cherry tomato plant grows!

Video

7. Last but not least lets test your knowledge! Do the activity and then click on quiz! Answer the questions that pop up as best as you can!

Quiz

8. Now go to the book shelf at the front of the room and use 4 of the following books to complete your worksheet!

Books:

1. To Be Like the Sun by Susan Swanson

2. Oh Say Can You Seed? by Bonnie Worth

3. I'm a Seed by Jean Marzollo

4. It's Pumpkin Time by Zoe Hall

5. The Magic School Bus: Goes to Seed

6. Growing Things by Carolyn Scarce

7. From Seed to Plant by Gail Gibbons

8. The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle

Evaluation

Now that you have completed your Webquest hand your worksheet into your number box! I will look through the worksheets to make sure you followed all the steps on this webquest! The rubric below describes what your grade will be based off of!

	Mastered- 5	Developing- 3	Beginning- 1
Followed Direction	Student followed all directions given and on the webquest.	Student was off task few times during webquest and activity.	Student was off task for most of activity and webquest.
Completed Worksheet	Student completed the worksheet and handed it in to their mailbox.	Student completed the worksheet but did not hand it in or student completed some of the worksheet and handed it in their mailbox.	Student did not complete the worksheet and student did not hand into their mailbox.
Participated in Life Cycle Activity on the Board	Student was actively engaged in putting the life cycle on the board together.	Student engaged a little in putting the life cycle on the board together.	Student was not engaged in putting the life cycle together on the board.