LESSON PLAN FOR KINDERGARTEN WEBQUEST
Title/Topic:	The Plant
Curriculum Area:	UNDERSTANDING THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT (PNE) Life Science: Plants (P)
Grade Level:	Kindergarten
Learning Competencies	Identify needs of plants and ways to care for plants (PNEKP-IIb-2 p.29) Identify and describe how plants can be useful (PNEKP-IIIf-4 p. 29)
Objectives	Content: The child demonstrates an understanding of characteristics and growth of common plants. Performance: The child shall be able to communicate the usefulness of plants and practice ways to care for them.
Introduction	We had so much fun planting our own seeds in our mini garden however we need to be sure we know everything about how plant grows and the parts of a plant so that we can be great gardeners and keep our plant alive. Work through this webquest so you can be a plant expert so you will know how to take care of your new plant.
Task:	You will be required to : ·         Watch the video “ The Tiny Seed “ ·         Respond to the video by drawing a plant life cycle on Kerpoof.com ·         What the video on how to take 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	1. Click on the video below to watch the story, The Tiny Seed, by Eric Carle 2. Click on the seeds to draw a picture of the plant life cycle.Don’t forgat to print your picture when you are done. 3. Click on the sunflower to learn about parts of a plant and how to grow a plant.   4. Use the Creation Station to create and label a picture showing the part of a plant
Evaluation	Rubics Beginning 1 Developing 2 Consistent 3 Score 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 without need for redirection. Plant life Cycle Cannot draw at least 3 parts of plant life cycle. Draws at least 3 parts of plants life cycle but order is not correct. Can draw at least 3 or more parts of 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 2 parts of a plant including 2 of the following: roots, stem, leaf and flower. Creates and correctly labels 3 or more parts of a plant including all of the following: roots, stem, leaf and flower.
Conclusion	Now you have completed the Plant Life Cycle and Parts of the Plants Webquest. Therefore you should know how to take care of your plant and be able to identify the parts of your plants as it begins to grow. So for your plant to grow strong and produce seeds use all you have learned and continue to care for them so they can continue the Plant Life Cycle.
Credits	This webquest is hosted by the St Tammany Parish School Board Images by both thistlegirldesigns.com & Andree Stephens The Tiny Seed Video can be found at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqE3Kcc8Zgg Parts of a Plant and How to Care for 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 Audio was recorded by Andree Stephens and hosted by Houndbite