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Task Brief Throughout the term you will be asked to grow a tomato plant from some seedlings. You will be asked to care for your plant and record your seedlings growth. This task requires you to become independent and take ownership of your own plants growth. You will need to learn all about your tomato plant and what it requires to grow. To do this you will be writing in a blog each day to record your findings and to document the changes you see, you will be taking photos to provide evidence of the changes you see and at the end make a power point presentation displaying to the class your results.

First your teacher will put you into a group of three to four, the first thing you will need to do is each sign up to your kid blog accounts so you can record todays findings in your next lesson. After each of your group members have done this it is time to collect your equipment, which includes your tomato plant seedlings which you will be planting and tending to very soon. Your teacher will demonstrate how to set the planting up and show you where to place your seedlings when finished. You will need to record notes and observations on your blog.

At the start of everyday your teacher will give you 15 minutes to water you tomato plant and take a photo of your seeds growth. Use your blog regularly to record what you have seen. You will do this as a term so the more blogs you write the more you will remember for your end of term presentation. You will be researching a hypothesis that your group has chosen like if I put my plant in sunlight will it grow faster? As a class we will use the electronic whiteboard activity “lets grow a tree” to learn about the procedure needed to grow a plant. Use the class kid blog account to share your knowledge with fellow classmates and ask questions.

On the second last week of term you will use your blog notes and photos to create a 2 to 3 minuet power point to describe the stages of your plants growth to your classmates and parents. Finally, you will deliver your presentation to your classmates and parents. Remember to invite your parents!



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