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Butterflies love to spend their day gathering nectar and enjoying the view of a garden full of beautiful and colorful plants and flowers. Our school needs a place to welcome these fascinating and beneficial creatures. As these creatures enjoy their surroundings you will enjoy a quiet view from a bench in the middle of the garden.

The Task

Creating this wonderful butterfly retreat is up to you and your group. The following are steps you should take when beginning this challenging but rewarding task. You will create an attractive outdoor garden that houses a wide variety of plants which will bloom every season and attract butterflies and other friendly bugs.

Pre-reading: Create a list of facts that you already know about butterflies and gardens.

1. After you go to the above site, you will find to the right of the screen, the topic "Explore These Themes!"

3. Then go to page 8 "Alluring Pollinators" This section of the web site will be helpful with the presentation that you will help prepare.

4. Read it carefully and take notes on important facts that are new to you. Make sure that you use the skills that you have learned in our reading class to help with the comprehension of this reading material. You will need to know what Pollination is and why it is important to us.

Post reading: After the research you gather at this site, you willl present a short presentation to the principal to persuade him or her to support the need for a butterfly garden at our school. A persuasive letter would be an excellent way to present this idea to him. You will need to recall the steps to writing a persuasive letter that we learned in class and follow them as you write your own. Remember that the lead is very important and you want to keep the reader's attention with an interesting "HOOK"

You will find the rubric for the Research part and writing part of the project in theEVALUATION RUBRIC at the end of this webquest.

Pre-reading: Brainstorm things that a plant needs in order to survive. Think about what you have learned in your science classes to help with this task.

1. When you go to the above website, look under "Planting your own Butterfly Garden"

2. Click on "Basic Design Elements for a Butterfly Garden" This will help give you some ideas of how to lay out your garden.

3. You will also need to click on "Butterfly Garden Plant List" this will help with the following post reading task. You may want to make notes of what you learn during this research.

Post reading: After you have researched this web site, you will need to include 3 to 5 flowering plants to your design and correctly label them. Don't forget to personalize your garden so that it is also welcoming to students who would like to spend their time reading in the garden. Colorful pictures are attractive and make the viewers more interested in your designs.

Pre-writing: Brainstorm a way to take all the information your group has collected and think of a creative way to present it to the principal. Be sure to make it colorful and label the illustrations on your final copy.

Writing: Display the information on a show board that will be used in the presentation. The most important thing to include on this showboard is the benefits of having a butterfly garden. You may need to look back at Step 1 to find this information. Another important thing to remember is to make the details on the showboard colorful.

Resources

The following are some excellent sites for you to explore when you are researching how to plan, design, organize, and most of all how to enjoy the final project.

	Novice 1	Apprentice 2	Proficent 3	Distinguished 4
Student Name
Working Cooperatively	Student needed constant guidance in order to work in the group sitting and often was removed from the situation.	Student needed much guidance in order to work in the group sitting.	Student showed a good ability to work cooperatively with everyone in their group.	Student showed a excellent ability to work cooperatively with everyone in their group.
Task Completion Reseach and Presentation	Student needed constant guidance in order to work on the completion of the research, the group's task and the presentation was very confusing.	Student needed much guidance in order to complete the group's research, the tasks and their presentation had very little details.	Student performed the goals of their group's research and the tasks in an acceptable way and presented their task in an acceptable _way.	_{Student performed the goals of their group's research and the tasks in an excellent way and went beyond what was required. The presentation was excellent and very creative.}
_{Written Work} _{Thank you note} _{Persuasivc Letter}	_{Student needed constant guidance to complete the written aspects of the group's task.}	_{Student needed much guidance to complete the written aspects of the group's task.}	_{Student displayed an ability to use their writing skills to accomplish the group's task.}	Student displayed an excellent ability to use their writing skills to accomplish the group's task.

Conclusion

The research is complete, the plans are in order, and the volunteers are in line. Now is when the fun begins. Take what you have learned from this experience and start planting and soon you will find yourself enjoying a minute of the day in this beautiful garden. Admiring the wonderful smelling flowers and searching your butterfly book to see which types are visiting this natural created habitat will be such a wonderful learning experience.

Think Positively...... however, if for some reason the principal does not allow the implementation of this project......ASK your parents!!!

Think Cooperatively...........ask for help if you do not understand and always be willing to help someone if they look like they need help.

The Butterfly Garden

Introduction

The Task

Resources

Conclusion