Our Kindergarten Pumpkin Patch WebQuest

 

Topic of WebQuest: Pumpkins

This webquest is designed for kindergarten age children and will require a parent or teacher to guide them through the activities.

 

Introduction 

Hooray!! It is the fall season and time for harvest. You and your classmates run the local pumpkin patch and are in charge of growing and harvesting the pumpkins. It is your job to grow the plumpliest, dumpliest pumpkins in the town. 

 

The Task

To be a great pumpkin farmer you will need to:

Read the book Pumpkin Pumpkin, by Jeanne Titherington.

Learn how pumpkins grow.

Figure out how many seeds are in a pumpkin.

Paint your own pumpkin.
 
 
 

Process

As a class we will read the book Pumpkin, Pumpkin by Jeanne Titherington. Look how Jamie's little seed grows into a big pumpkin!


Growing pumpkins is a hard job. It takes a lot of time and care from a farmer. With your class talk about all the things pumpkins need to grow. Create a book about the steps of pumpkin growth. Click on the picture below to find a booklet worksheet.

Guess the number of seeds that are in a pumpkin. With your teacher and classmates, cut open a pumpkin. Dig out all the seeds from inside the pumpkin. Count the seeds to see if your guess was right.Keep your findings on a tally sheet to see how close your guess was!  Click on the pumpkin below for the tally worksheet.

 

Now that you've learned all about pumpkins lets do some art work. Click on the pictures below for fun activities.

 


Evaluation
The teacher or parent will give each student their own grade on each task they perform. The highest number of points you can get from each task is 4 and the lowest is 1. The higher your total points reach, the better grade you will earn. Try your best at each task to get all the points.  The highest grade is 16! Good Luck Pumpkin Farmers! 


 
 

Not Yet

1

Shows Progress

2

 Proficient

3

 Mastery

4

 Score
Read the book
Pumpkin Pumpkin, by Jeanne Tithergton with classmates and teacher.
Did not pay attention to the reading of the book.
Was somewhat attentive to the book, and has some basic ideas of pumpkin growth.
Was attentive to the book and has an understanding of pumpkin growth.
Was very attentive to the book and can explain the stages of pumpkin growth 
 
With the class and teacher discuss pumpkin growth, and make a booklet of each stage of growth.
Did not pay very much attention to the teacher, and has not completed the pumpkin growth booklet.
Listened to the discussion, and has made some progress on the pumpkin growth booklet.
Was a very good listener, and gave some input in the discussion, the pumpkin growth booklet is completed.
Listened and fully participated in the class discussion, and has developed a creative and informative pumpkin growth booklet.
 
With your classmates guess the number of seeds are in your pumpkin. Then put the results on the tally sheet.
Student took very little part in the cutting and counting of the pumpkin seeds. Student has not completed the tally sheet.
Student worked well with others and participated in the cutting and counting of the pumpkin seeds. Tally sheet is almost complete. 
Student worked very well with others, and participated well in the cutting and counting of the pumpkin seeds.Tally sheet is complete and correct.
Student worked excellent with others,and particiapted fully in the cutting and counting of the pumpkin seeds.The tally sheet is complete and correct.
 
Create your own pumpkins with the online artwork.

 
Student did very little artwork on the computer.
Student worked with the online artwork, and made some creative pumpkin artwork.
Student worked successfully with each online artwork task, and made some creative pumpkins. 
Student mastered the online pumpkin artwork and tried each task more than once.
 

Conclusion

Congratulations! By completing these activities you have learned the skills needed to become a successful pumpkin farmer.  To learn even more about pumpkins and how they grow click on the website below.


Additional Websites

Pumpkin Patch - Everything You Ever You Wanted to Know

Pumpkin Activities