The Pumpkin Patch

A 
WebQuest for Kindergarten 

Designed by

Jessica Johnson
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Emily Triolo
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Hope Winecoff
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Introduction | Task | Process | Evaluation | Conclusion | Credits | Teacher Page

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. 

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.
 
 
 

The Process 

Task one

 As a class read the book Pumpkin, Pumpkin by Jeanne Titherington. Look how Jamie's little seed grows into a big pumpkin! Click on the picture of the book with your teacher to more more about it.
 

Task Two
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. 

Task Three

 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.

Task Four

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

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

	Unsatisfactory 1	Satisfactory 2	Excellent 3	Master 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 some in the cutting and counting of the pumpkin seed. 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

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.

 Titherington, Jeanne.Pumpkin, Pumpkin.
 www.nuttinbutkids.com
 www.halloween_clipart.com
 www.thepumpkinfarm.com/jack/jackboard.html
 http://apple-corps.westnet.com/cgi-bin/apple~corps.pl?pumpkin
 www.lil-fingers.com/games/coloring/pumpkin.html
 www.everythinges1.net/downloads/pumpkin_booklet.pdf
  www.abcteach.com/MonthtoMonth/October/tally.htm
  www.pumpkin-patch.com/index.html