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Math Made Fun! |
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A WebQuest page designed for kindergarten which combines math, reading and art to inspire creative thinking in a young mind. |
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Designed By:
Jacquelyn Uccello
E-Mail: uccelloj@wolcottps.org |
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Introduction |
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OH NO! Little Bo Peep has lost her sheep and doesn't know where to find them! She needs your help! Please help Bo Peep find her missing sheep and bring them home to the farm. |
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Task |
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Your job is to search and find all of Little Bo Peep's sheep and return them home safely. |
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Process |
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1. Find all of Bo Peep's sheep. You will have to print the picture of the sheep out in order to get them back to the farm. You will find her sheep by clicking on the magnify glass to the right. |
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2. Bring the sheep home to the farm and put them in the correct pen. You will get the picture of the farm and the sheep's pens by clicking on the magnify glass on the right. |
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3. Using your scissors, cut out one sheep.
4. Use your glue stick and paste that sheep in the correct pen. Each pen has a color label on it to help you know where they go.
5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 until all of your sheep are pasted in the correct pen.
6. Now count all of the sheep. Do you have them all? There should be 3 black sheep, 2 brown sheep, and 1 gray sheep. How many sheep does Bo Peep have in all? Write your answer on the box at the top of your paper. |
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Extension Activity |
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Pretend you are Little Bo Peep and you have your own farm. What other animals besides sheep might live on your farm? Click on this site to see and learn about some other farm animals.
www.kidsfarm.com/farm.htm
Now you have seen many different farm animals and where they live on a farm. Use a big piece of white drawing paper to draw your own farm. Make sure you have at least 5 different animals on your farm. Be sure your anmials are in the right place on your farm. If you forget where they belong or what they look like, just click back on the website above to refresh your memory while you draw.
Have fun! I can't wait to see your picture! |
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Evaluation |
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Click here to print a chart that will grade your performance on this task. |
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Conclusion |
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I hope you had fun doing this WebQuest math project. You did a lot of work didn't you? You had to cut, sort, paste, add, do some reading, be an artist, and use some new comptuer skills. Your brain must be growing after all this hard work! I am very proud of you! Now can you answer these questions about what you did?....
Where you able to complete all of your tasks?
Now that you have completed your task, do you think you could help a friend do it?
Did you have fun using the computer to do this math problem?
Would you like to use the computer again to do another project like this one? Why? |
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Credits |
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www.kidsfarm.com/farm.htm |
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If you are an educator please feel free to use this WebQuest page as is or modify it in order to make it appropriate for your grade level. Have fun, and happy sheep searching. |
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Click Here for Teacher Page |
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