1. IntroductionIntroduction | Task | Process | Resources | Evaluation | ConclusionTaskProcessResourcesEvaluationConclusion

2. Fruits and Vegetables are gifts of nature--good for us and given in abundance. When we eat them, we are eating parts of plants. You are going to learn all about fruits and vegetables: their names and characteristics, what they look like, where they grow (on trees, underground, etc.) and which countries they come from, what parts we eat, how they taste, which family they are from, how we eat them, and much much more.

3. 1. You will research ten fruits and/or vegetables to learn as much as you can about them. 2. You will use the information from your research to fill out the charts and worksheets about your ten fruits and vegetables. 3. Then you will use the worksheets to make a fruit and vegetable riddle book entitled: Which Fruit or Vegetable Am I? 4. Finally, at the end of your book, you will explain how the fruits you chose are different from the vegetables you chose.

4. At the computer: 1. Click on Resources. 2. Click on each worksheet, one at a time(#1-3). Read the directions. Worksheets #2 and #3 contain links to websites which provide you with the information and vocabulary necessary to complete the assignments. You should print out each worksheet before clicking on the blue resource links so that you can fill them out as you find the information on the web. You can also use the books listed under resources for additional information to complete the worksheets. 3. Decide which ten fruits and vegetables you would like to describe in your book by clicking on the resource links listed on the Describing Fruits and Vegetables page (worksheet #3). These are the ten fruit and vegetables that you will research. Write down the names of all ten under the fruits and vegetables column on the chart Describing Fruits and Vegetables and complete the chart for these ten. 4. Click on Which Fruit or Vegetable Am I? This page will explain how to make your book.Which Fruit or Vegetable Am I? 5. Take the Fruit and Vegetable Quiz to see how much you have learned and remember about fruits and vegetables.Fruit and Vegetable Quiz

5.  Learning Advice: These worksheets will prepare you for making your books and taking the online quiz. Do not attempt to complete the worksheets without referring to the resource links.  WORKSHEET #1: Graphic Organizer: adjectives to describe fruits and vegetables (a graphic organizer based around our five senses to complete with adjectives that describe fruits and vegetables)Graphic Organizer: adjectives to describe fruits and vegetables  WORKSHEET #2: Parts We Eat (a chart in which you list which parts of plants we eat and how we eat them)Parts We Eat  WORKSHEET #2: Describing Fruits and Vegetables (a chart in which you will describe and characterize the ten fruits and vegetables that you have chosen)Describing Fruits and Vegetables

6.  WHAT FOOD IS THIS? by Rosmarie Hausherr  WHAT'S ON MY PLATE? by Ruth Belov Gross  LES PLANTES -Ma Premiere Encyclopedie  SCOTT FORESMAN ESL  WORD by WORD BASIC PICTURE DICTIONARY (great source of pictures to use for drawings)

7.  completed worksheets: (accuracy of information)  book (complete with ten fruits and vegetables, pictures, and text descriptions with enough information to guess the name of the fruit or vegetable described)  neatness, correct spelling, grammar, and general appearance of book and drawings/pictures  presentation  Fruit and Vegetable Quiz: After you have finished the webquest and have made and presented your book to the class, you will take this quiz to see how much you have learned. Please remember to review any the above resource links (in blue) to review before taking the quiz. Good Luck!

8. You have learned a lot about fruits and vegetables: which parts we eat, how we eat them, where they grow and in which climate, how they look, feel, smell, sound, and taste, which families they belong to, and what their parts are. Now you are ready to grow your own fruit and vegetable garden!