Vegetable Garden-Webquest

I have created a "Vegetable Garden Webquest" for second graders. The webquest is designed to

inspire second graders to think about vegetable gardening in a positive way. I asked the

students where their favorite foods come from? (This question was a prompt to get them

thinking creatively about vegetable); If you said, "popcorn" was one of your favorite foods, then

the next question is, "where does popcorn come from?" Eventually the second graders would

connect the dots and realize that without vegetable farmers and gardeners, they would not be

able to enjoy many of the foods they know and love.

Through this webquest students would have to form groups of four. Each would then select a

"role" to perform related to vegetable gardening. One student would be the "vegetable plant

expert", another would be the "garden bed expert", and so on. Students would have five days to

research information; At the end of the five days the students would come back together and

organize their findings into one presentation to the class.

The students would have to collaborate, work individually (INTASC #6), and use different types

of media in order to accomplish their goals; Including the computer (INTASC #11).


Educational links that support media tools in the classroom:

http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-profile-cameron

http://learninginhand.com/articles/photoessays/taylor/index.html

kidspiration reflection

1.) My thematic Unit topic is "Vegetable Garden".

2.) My unit objective that this project supports is: Given the materials needed (c) Second grade students (a) will demonstrate how to grow a vegetable plant (b) with 100% accuracy (d).

3.)The audience for this assignment is the Second grade students.

4.) This project supports the component "Communication" from the standard number 6, because it "fosters active inquiry" as well as "supportive interaction within the classroom"; Helping students in learning the necessary factors for growing a successful vegetable garden.

Follow these links to see related media used by other teachers in the classroom:

http://www.inspiration.com/Examples/Search
https://lms.uni.edu/webct/urw/lc4130001.tp0/cobaltMainFrame.dowebct