Introduction
Have you ever planted a seed and watched it grow? Have you wondered how a tiny seed becomes a big plant?
Plants are living things. They grow and change through different stages of life. Some plants produce flowers, fruits and new seeds.
In this WebQuest, you are going to become a Plant Life Cycle Explorer! Your mission is to discover the four main stages of a plant's life cycle.
At the end of this WebQuest, student can;
- Identify the different stages of a plant's life cycle
- Describe how seed grows into a mature plant
- Classify pictures of plant life cycle in the correct sequences
ARE YOU READY TO EXPLORE? Let's begin
Task
YOUR MISSION
Your task is to work with your classmates to:
- Identify the four stages of the plant life cycle.
- Watch a video and listen to a podcast about plant growth.
- Explain what happens during each stage.
- Arrange pictures of the plant life cycle in the correct order.
- Create your own plant life cycle drawing and label each stage.
Process
LET'S EXPLORE AND LEARN
STEP 1: Engage - What do you already know?
- look carefully at the picture of the seed
- discuss with your classmates what you think will happen if the seed is planted
- listen to the short podcast "The Amazing Journey Of a Plant"
- https://mail.google.com/mail/u/1/#inbox/FMfcgzQjggsZJClxpBsvCgRXPLGpXlbb?projector=1&messagePartId=0.1
- share your ideas with your classmates
STEP 2: Explore - Discover the stages
- Watch educational video about plant's life cycle
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kk5MKPa4SQQ&list=PPSV
- Discuss what happens at each stage.
- Students are needed to arrange the four pictures given to the order
STEP 3: Explain - What to discover?
FOUR STAGES OF PLANT CYCLE
- Seed: A plant begins its life as a seed. The seed contains a tiny baby plant
- Germination: The seed begins to grow.
- Seedling: The young plant grows leaves and a stronger stem
- Mature plant: The plant becomes fully grown and may produce flowers, fruits and a new seeds
ANSWER ORALL QUESTIONS
- which stage comes first?
- what happens during germination?
- At what stage can produce seeds?
STEP 4: Elaborate - Show what you learned!
- Work in a group
- Draw the four stages of a plant's life cycle
- Color each stage and labelled it
- Present your poster to the class
STEP: Evaluate - Test your Knowledge!
Evaluation
| Criteria | Excellent | Good | Needs Improvement |
| Identify stages of plant's life cycle | |||
| Describe the four stages of plant's life cycle | |||
| Classification of the plant's life cycle |
Conclusion
- Review the lesson about plant life cycle
- Ask three oral questions:
- what is the first stage of plant's life cycle?
- what happened during germination?
- what does a plant need to grow?
- Praise students for their effort