Bonsai web quest

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Bonsai web quest

• Biology 2 Plant Science

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Bonsai

• A Web Quest for high school students
• designed by S. Griffin
• sgriffin_at_lincolnschools.org
•  
• Proceed to the next page for an introduction to
  your summer
• job...    

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Introduction

• You just landed a great summer job working at the
  Ruston Arboretum taking care of their prized
  bonsai collection.  You need to become an instant
  expert on bonsai so you can keep your wonderful
  job and not kill your plants.  Proceed to the
  task you have set yourself on the next page.

Wiring a bonsai
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Tasks

• You will do several tasks as you prepare to
  become a bonsai expert.
• 1. You will make a poster of the 5 major styles
  of bonsai
• 2. You will make a model of a bonsai
• 3. You will make a foldable of the care needed to
  keep bonsai alive
• Go on to the next page to see more about what you
  have to do.

Wiring a bonsai
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Poster details

•  1. You are going to make a poster to hang on the
  wall in your new office.  The poster will show
  the five major styles of bonsai with a short
  description of each style and what it
  represents. 
• Look at the rubric page for the details you need
  to cover on your poster.
• See the next page for resources you can use on
  your poster.
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These web sites will be useful resources for your
search on bonsai styles

• www.bonsaisite.com                                
                                  
• www.evergreengardenworks.com/stylesbr.htm
• www.bonsai-bci.com/b_styles.htm  
• www.bonsaitalk.com 
• http//www.brusselsbonsai.com/BonsaiStyles.html

Pruning bonsai
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Rubric for styles of bonsai

• Draw 5 major styles of bonsai on the poster-
• Each style should be at least 6 tall and colored
• Have at least 2 sentences written about each
  style describing what it is depicting
• Label each style
• Information will be accurate and neat

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Model of bonsai

• You are going to demonstrate to your boss that
  you know about styles of bonsai by creating a
  model of one of the styles of bonsai.   Your boss
  will supply the necessary material. Select your
  favorite style and commence.
• These web sites will be useful resources for your
  search.
• www.bonsaisite.com/techniq1.html
• www.bonsai4me.com/Advanced.html

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Foldable

• Now that you have made the style poster and
  shown your boss that you know what you are doing
  when you make your bonsai model, she wants more
  from you.
• She wants you to keep the expensive, old bonsai
  in the Ruston Arboretum collection alive. Each
  point should have several pieces of information.
  So make a foldable showing the following points
• Next page

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Foldable information needed

• 1. watering needed
• 2. where to grow it
• 3. repotting
• 4. feeding
• 5. pruning
• 6. wiring
• 7. pots

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Sources to use in foldable
                 
                 

•  www.bonsaisite.com
•  http//web-japan.org/kidsweb/virtual/bonsai/techn
  iques.html
• www.bonsai4me.com/Advanced.html
• www.rhs.org.uk/learning/publications/pubs/garden10
  00/october_bonsai_c.asp
• www.glenbrookbonsai.co.uk/field.htm
•  www.evergreengardenworks.com/stylesbr.htm
• www.bonsai-bci.com/b_styles.htm  
• www.bonsaitalk.com 
• http//www.brusselsbonsai.com/BonsaiStyles.html
• www.bonsaisite.com/techniq1.html
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Conclusion

• Congratulations, your boss is going to give you a
  bonus because you became such an expert on the
  styles, pruning, and care of bonsai.
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•       This Web Quest follows these standards.
•       NETSS-- 1A,1B, 2B,2C,3A,3B, 4A,4B, 5A,5B,
  6A,6B
•       NETST-- 1A,1B, 2A,2B,2D,2E,3A,3B,3C,3D,4A,4B
  ,4C,5B,5C,6B,6C,6E