Introduction
Did you know that green leafy plants cover over 30% of the Earth's surface! There are so many plants all around us, but why are they important to us humans?
In this Webquest you will be exploring:
- Why plants are important to humans.
- Why plants are important to animals.
- How humans can be helpful and harmful to plants.
Task
For this Web Quest you will work in groups of 3 to 4 to complete a book in Book Creator all about why plants are important to humans and the planet! Each person in your group must complete two pages.
Your Book must include:
- A section on why plants are important to humans. Please give at least four reasons and four examples. (2 Pages)
- A section on why plants are important to animals. Please give at least four reasons and four examples. (2 Pages)
- A section on how humans can help plants. Please give at least four examples. (2 Pages)
- A section on how humans can harm plants. Please give at least four examples. For each example please give a solution people can use to help protect plants. (2 Pages)
Process
Evaluation
|
Category |
Level 1 | level 2 | level 3 | level 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knowledge and Understanding | We never wrote down our ideas in our own words and did not add any extra information from our own experiences and observations. | We sometimes wrote down our ideas in our own words and added a little extra information from our own experiences and observations | We almost always wrote down our ideas in our own words and added some extra information from our own experiences and observations. | We always wrote down our ideas in our own words and added lots of extra information from our own experiences and observations. |
| Thinking | We did not put good thought into the information we were including in our book and it did not make sense. | We put some thought into the information we were including in our book so that it made some sense. | We often put good thought into the information we were including in our book so that it made sense. | We always put good thought into the information we were including in our book so that it made sense. |
| Communication | We did not write full sentences with proper punctuation to express and organize our ideas and never asked for help when needed. | We wrote full sentences with proper punctuation to express and organize our ideas on some of our pages and rarely asked for help when needed. | We wrote full sentences with proper punctuation to express and organize our ideas on almost every page and sometimes asked for help when needed. | We wrote full sentences with proper punctuation to express and organize our ideas on every page and always asked for help when needed. |
| Application | We did not use information from the videos and readings to help write our book. | We used information from 1 or 2 of the videos and readings to help write our book. | We used information from 3 or 4 of the videos and readings to help write our book. | We used information from all 5 of the videos and readings to help write our book |
Conclusion
Nice work! Now you should know why plants are important to humans and animals, and how humans can both be good and bad for plants.
Use this new knowledge to go out and help make a greener and more healthy planet!
Credits
- Level 4 will win a trip to the botanical garden
- The third level will receive a gift
- The second level will receive a medal
Teacher Page
The learning goals of this assignment are in line with the Ontario Social Studies curriculum for grade 3 students.
By /Ms .Mira malak shafeak
An English teatcher
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