Kinder Garden ABC's

By:  Rhonda Boggess, Pepperdine University

Grade Level:  Kindergarten

This Kinder Garden Webquest is as easy as A, B, C and helps students learn about plants and what they need to grow.  

Curriculum:  Science & Math

Even the CCSS's are included.

Keywords:

Flower, Leaf, Petal, Pollen, Roots, Soil & Stem.

Help ! My plants are not growing!

I don't know why . . .

I give them lots of juice to drink.

I let them play with my toys.

I put them neatly away in my closet.

I give them a haircut and trim off all their leaves.

I need help!

Follow my footprints and

meet me in the

 Kinder Garden and

help me figure out what

my plants need to grow! 

Next I will help you identify and label parts of a plant.

     Finally I will help you figure out how many plants we have all together.

Follow the ABC's

to find out more about plants.

Note for the teacher:

Please read section A to students.

Provide students with printouts of all sections for their plant journal.

Review directions for sections B & C so the students can complete the assignment on their own.

A.  What do plants need to grow?

Plants need to grow.

                       sunshine

Plants need to grow.

      love

Plants need to grow.

                                                                                                                                                                                       soil

Plants need to grow.

                       rain 

Plants need to grow.

     time

Plants need  to grow.

                                                                                                                                                                  air

B.  Label and color the parts of a plant.

C.  Let's add it up!

Congratulations !

for completing this webquest.

Now let us see how you did!

	4	3	2	1
Plant Needs	Student can identify elements a plant needs to grow and can describe them orally and through drawings.	Student can identify most elements a plant needs to grow and describe most of the elements orally and through drawings.	Student can identify some elements a plant needs to grow and describe some of the elements orally and through drawings.	Student cannot identify elements a plant needs to grow and cannot describe them orally and through drawings.
Plant Parts	Student can identify parts of a plant and can describe them orally and through drawings.	Student can identify most parts of a plant and describe most parts orally and through drawings.	Student can identify some parts of a plant and describe some parts orally and through drawings.	Student cannot identify parts of a plant and cannot describe them orally and through drawings.
Plant Math	Student can solve addition equations and can describe how they arrived at their answer orally or through drawings.	Student can solve most addition equations  and mostly describe how they arrived at their answer orally or through drawings.	Student can solve some addition equations and can  sometimes describe how they arrived at their answer orally or through drawings.	Student cannot solve addition equations and  cannot  describe how they arrived at their answer orally or through drawings.

Don't despair!

Did you learn something new about plants and their care?

or

Did you learn how to identify parts of a plant?

or

Did you challenge yourself in solving plant math problems?

Then all is not lost and tomorrow is new day!

  Plus there are more links to help you learn in the credits section.

Credits

For the videos highlight the link and right click to open the link.

This video shows what plants need to grow and identifies parts of plants.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/5_6/growing_plants.shtml

A one minute video on how plants grow.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYMUCQiBzPA

Learn a song about what plants need to grow.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUBIQ1fTRzI

Math addition video featuring magic apples.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjsINqOdTd0

The plant labeling worksheet courtesy of:

http://www.andherewegomama.com/2012/10/plans-cycle-1-week-11.html

Clipart images courtesy of:

http://clipart.com

The Bloom's Taxonomy chart was adapted from:

http://www.weac.org/news_and_publications/education_news/2007-2008/read…

This is my first webquest and alas it probably shows!

I will continue to add material and work out the bugs so patience please.

Stay tuned as I incorporate CCSS English standards as well.

The main idea that I would like you to come away with is the integration of science and math CCSS's. It seems there is less time to prepare and more to do so integrating more than one set of standards should be a priority for every busy teacher.

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Integration is also fun for students!

Botanica sillius kidem

 Ms. Rhonda

My last suggestion is to make use of the Bloom's Taxonomy chart to check for student understanding before evaluating their work according to the rubric.  This can be done invidually or as a group. 

Bloom's Taxonomy Review Chart - Kinder Garden ABC's