Introduction
In this webquest, students will be asked to use online tools to access information about the plant life cycle & parts of a plant. Through a series of tasks, students will become familiar with the plant life cycle and parts of a plant. Following their research, students will be asked to create a picture of the plant life cycle and create and label a picture showing the parts of a plant.
Task
You will be required to:
~Watch the video, The Tiny Seed
~Respond to the video by drawing a plant life cycle on Kerpuff
~Watch the video on how to care for a plant and complete the parts of a plant games that follow
~Use the Creation Station to create a plant and label the parts of the plant
Process
Click on the video below to watch the story, The Tiny Seed, by Eric Carle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqE3Kcc8Zgg
2. Click on the seeds to draw a picture of the plant life cycle. Print your picture when you are done.
http://www.kerpoof.com/#/activity/draw
3. Click on the sunflower to learn about parts of a plant and how to grow a plant.
http://www.cookie.com/kids/games/grow-plant.html
4. Use the Creation Station to create and label a picture showing the parts of a plant.
Evaluation
Evaluation
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Beginning 1 |
Developing 2 |
Accomplished 3 |
Exemplary 4 |
Score |
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| Following Directions | Needs one on one assistance to work through webquest | Independently works through all parts of webquest with little teacher assistance or redirection. | Independently works through all parts of webquest with only needing peer assistance. | Independently works through all parts of webquest without need for redirection | |
| Plant Life Cycle | Cannot draw at least 3 parts of a plant life cycle. | Draws at least 3 parts of plant life cycle but order is not correct. | Can draw at least 3 parts of a plant life cycle in the correct order. | Can draw at least 4 parts of a plant life cycle in the correct order. | |
| Parts of a Plant | Does not create and correctly label at least 2 parts of a plant. |
Creates and correctly labels at least 2 parts of a plant including 2 of the following: roots, stem, leaf and flower |
Creates and correctly labels at least 3 parts of a plant including 3 of the folowing: roots, stem, leaf and flower | Creates and correctly labels 4 or more parts of a plant, including all of the following: roots, stem, leaf and flower |
Conclusion
You have completed the Plant Life Cycles and Parts of a Plant Webquest. Now you should be able to identify your plant's parts.
Credits
The Tiny Seed Video can be found at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqE3Kcc8Zgg
Parts of a Plant and How to Care for a plant video and games can be found at http://www.cookie.com/kids/games/grow-plant.html
Online student drawing at http://www.kerpoof.com/#/activity/draw
M. Johnson, Teacher, Blackshear Elementary
Teacher Page
Teacher Introduction
In this webquest, students will be asked to use online tools to access information about the plant life cycle & parts of a plant. Through a series of tasks, students will become familiar with the plant life cycle and parts of a plant. Following their research, students will be asked to create a picture of the plant life cycle and create and label a picture showing the parts of a plant.
Planting with Kindergarteners is a very fun process. I created this webquest as a follow up activity to planting our own plants in the classroom. Each year, children love to plant their own seeds and watch them grow. This webquest will help kindergarteners to deepen their knowledge of the plant life cycle, parts of a plant, and how to care for a plant while they are still excited about the planting process.
Learners
This webquest was designed for Kindergarten students learning about Plants.
Standards
Science
GLE 0007.4.1 Observe how plants and animals change as they grow.
Teacher Process
Before beginning this webquest, students should plant seeds in class to begin the process of understanding plant life cycles. In a Kindergarten classroom, this would work best as a Literacy Station or Center that children rotated through on a day by day basis.
**To accommodate children with different abilities, this webquest could be completed in small groups with teacher guidance or peer mentors could help students that are struggling with navigating the webquest.