Technology

The Useful Links Page has several technology websites that will help incorporate technology in your lesson plans. The following lesson plan integrates technology along with science, writing, and art.  I displayed the students’ hand drawn flowers and seed packets on our bulletin board in the hallway entitled Blossoming Talents.

Technology

Science – Plants Gardening

Research:

Look on the websites below to find the information to the research questions below.

Writing:

Write answers to the questions below.

Seed Packets:

As a result of their research, students create a seed packet for a plant or flower of their choosing.

Use MS Publisher to create class seed catalog or gardening how to book (may sell as a class fundraiser)

Drawing/Coloring/Painting:

Georgia O’Keefe Flowers (Flowers from books or calendars, paintings, drawings, etc.)

Website

My First Garden, http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/firstgarden/fundamentals/index.html

(click on one of the pictures around the radish and the carrot or click on the words under the flowers at the bottom of the screen)

a. When should you start a Garden in Illinois?

b. Where do you start a garden?

c. What do you feed a garden?

d. What six tools do you need for a garden?

e. What two things do you need to feed your garden?

f. Name one bug that is bad for your garden and why?

g. What information do you find on a seed package?

h. What would you like to plant in your garden and what kind of care does it need?

Additional Websites:

If you need additional information there are two websites below:

Kid’s Valley Garden,  http://www.copper-tree.ca/garden/maint.html

(click on one of the orange buttons)

The Kid’s Garden. http://www.thekidsgarden.co.uk/KidsWeedsWildflowers.html

(read the information by scrolling down the page or you can click on the green words)

Assessment:

Informal Assessment – Teacher circulates in order to observe student progress in operating a computer and obtaining the research information.

Formal Assessment – Written responses to questions should reflect the information on the websites aforementioned.

By:   Margarita Torres