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HomeSchool Web Quest #3 - Pumpkins - - October 2003


To learn to use our Web in ways that open up new knowledge is an important reason for the Web Quest. As well, you will fine tune your ability to look this up on the web, to "search" for information. Often it is called "data mining". Digging in for more and more information as you work on an essay or report.

Depending on how you like to do your work, you may prepare the answers to the Quest in a word processor and email them over to camp@campinternet.net or prepare your answers on paper with pictures pasted on. You may then use your scanner to prepare the answers for email over. Remember send all your answers to camp@campinternet.net

There are 2 levels of questions in the Quest.

"Bring back a picture" is for the younger students. Their part in the Quest report can be to gather pictures from the various links to add to the reports written by older students.

Questions requiring 100 word answers are for our older students to prepare to go along with the pictures found.

Of course, you can do both the pictures and text answers yourself if your Homeschool does not have a mix of kids of different ages.

Name:
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Bring back a picture from http://www.rain.org/global-garden/pumpkins/



Pumpkins are believed to have originated in North America. Seeds from related plants have been found in Mexico dating back to 7000 to 5500 B.C.

What is the origin of the word "pumpkin"? http://www.rain.org/global-garden/pumpkins/pumpkins-history-part-1.html



Bring back pictures and tell in one or two paragraphs (100 words) what the web is all about as you learn about the North American Stonehenge.

Go to: http://www.rain.org/homeschool/mound-builders-woodhenge.html



Fall is here. What are the main "chores" of the gardener when Fall begins?

Go to the Global-Garden class and read down about half way for a list of chorse. Prepare your own list here including at least 5 of the chores listed on the web site. Bring back pictures from the Garden web is you like.

Go to: http://www.rain.org/global-garden/fall-gardening/index.html



Waxing Gibbous? Indeed! Tell us what the stage, apogee and perigee of the Moon we are at right now at give in the special calendar at http://www.rain.org/global-garden/moon2.html


6) As a group go to http://www.rain.org/homeschool/peace-studies/why-study-peace.html select the link for leaving your idea of "why study peace?" and send your answer to that question, "why study peace".


You may when done, or

If you want to start over.