Questioning

Good questions launch your research!
Take a close look at the corn that your teacher brought to the classroom and start ask questions! What do you want to know about this plant?  What questions could help you identify this plant?
Planning  
Gathering

Use the web sites below to explore corn.  See if you can answer any of your questions.  See if these sites spark any new questions for you.

Look at pictures of each type of corn

If you have time to find out more . . .

Sifting/Sorting

Look over all of the information you have recorded.

Have you found answers to some of your questions?

Do you have some new questions?

Synthesizing Go back and look at the corn that your teacher brought in.  What have you learned through your observations and research?  Where will you go from here?
Evaluating  
Reporting