Quizicat Questions Flowers By Sheila Graber
Chapter 1 Red words go to the Web. Blue words tell you more. Name that flower Not sure what to do? Click for a Clue. Hi I m Quizicat. I just have to Question everything. Do you do that too? Click for Narration Click to see Quizicat paint flowers. Quizi Quiz No1 What is the flower s name? A. Giant Daisy B. Daffodil C. Sunflower Here s my first Question. Can you guess the name of the flowers I have just painted? D. Red Hot Poker 1 Check Answer
Chapter 2 Red words go to the Web. Blue words tell you more. Who first painted these flowers? The original sunflowers were painted by a Dutch artist called Vincent Van Gogh. Born on March 30th his Star Sign was Aries or the Ram. A leader full of energy and passion. Click here to see what Star Sign you are. His Chinese Zodiac animal sign is an Ox. Hard working but quick tempered. See what Chinese Animal you are. Click for Narration Vincent Van Gogh in Dutch Click on me to draw yourself as your animal. In his lifetime Vincent only sold one painting.today his work is worth thousands. Can you work out why? Quizi Quiz No 2 Question 1 of 2 Click to see what you know about countries in Europe. Drag the flags to targets on the right countries. Van Gogh lived from 1853-1890 he was only 37 when he died but in that short time he painted over 2000 pictures some of which are the most well loved paintings in the world. 2 Click on these images to find some answers.
Section 1 Painting what you feel. Red words go to the Web. Blue words tell you more. Vincent s work is loved because he was true to himself and his own feelings. You can see he really liked yellow from his paintings, thinking it to be Warm and Friendly. He also loved sunshine and enjoyed painting flowers, trees and landscape. This is clip from an animation of his Cyprus Tree painting. Here are two more trees painted by Van Gogh. What sort of feeling does each suggest to you? Can you draw a tree with Expression? Maybe it s happy, sad, scary or just funny. When you have done it show it to your friends and see if they can guess what your tree is feeling. Rosie aged 9 drew these trees on Quizicats art pad. I think their swirly paint lines make them look like they could fly away by themselves. Click to see the action. Can you work out what each is expressing? in all of nature, in trees for instance, I see expression and a soul.... written by Vincent van Gogh Click on me to draw 3
Chapter 3 Red words go to the Web. Blue words tell you more. Why did Van Gogh paint these flowers? Van Gogh loved the colour yellow, the warmth of the sun and painting pictures. He wanted to make his new home in the sunny South of France into an art studio where artists could come and paint and share ideas about art and life. Imagine that you are to invite a friend to stay with you. How would you welcome them? Start from what they really like and work out from there! Quizi Quiz No 3 Click to guide Quizicat through the maze to the yellow house and collect sunflowers on the way. So, to make his fellow artists feel welcome he painted his whole house yellow He filled it with lots of lovely warm friendly paintings of sunflowers. Click to see other paintings of sunflowers by children. Click on Quizicat s activities then think of your own ideas and get sketching. I m sure Van Gogh would be really pleased to think you are creating a warm welcome for others, just like he did. Click on me to draw 4
Section 1 Red words go to the Web. Blue words tell you more. Sunny s Story Sunny Sunflower does look bright and cheery. But she can t run about or talk or eat sandwiches like we can. Click on my Quizi Quiz to find out what she does all her life. Run the movie to see How Sunny Eats. Quizi Quiz No 4 Question 1 of 2 Drag the labels to the round targets to describe the stages of Sunny s Life Cycle. dead flower shoot bud seedling seed new flower dead flower seedling bud new flower seed shoot Wow you must be 3 meters high now. But I didn t see you eating. How did you you manage to grow so big? So the Green Stuff in leaves uses sunlight, water and the air we breath out to make sugary food to help the plant grow Luckily for us, at the same time, it produces the air we breath in that keeps us alive. Thanks Sunny I never knew that Flowers were so important. CLICK to see how to plant your very own sunflower seeds 5
Section 2 Quizicat s Art Pad Click on Quizicat to use your very own art pad and share your picture with friends. Quizicat s Note Pad Type in ideas and send them to friends 6
Section 3 Quizicat s Puzzle Page Quizi Quiz No.6 Quizi Quiz No.5 Question 1 of 7 What age was Van Gogh when he died? Click to explore Quizi s Wordsearch A. 47 B. 37 C. 40 D. 27 Quizi Quiz No.7 Quizi Quiz No.8 Check Answer You have 2 minutes to match 10 sets of images. Go for it! You have 1 minute to match 10 sets of images. Go go go! 7
Section 4 Credits Illustrated and Written by Sheila Graber Edited by Jen Miller copyright Sheila Graber Animation www.graber-miller.com published by If you enjoyed my book or if there are extra things you would like me to put in another time please send me an e-mail at... quizicat@icloud.com Quizicat Productions 2016 Also in this series No photos of original artwork used. All hand drawn copies. Quizicat and the Spotty Leopard 8
Air we breath in Oxygen, which we breath in through our lungs. We can only live for 3 minutes without oxygen..
Air we breath out Carbon Dioxide which we breath out from our lungs, it is poisonous to us but to plants it is vital for them to keep alive. Chapter 3 - Sunny s Story
Carbon Dioxide The air we breath out from our lungs, it is poisonous to us but to plants it is vital for them to keep alive.
Chinese Horoscope The Chinese Zodiac depends on the year you were born rather than the day.there are 12 animals that rotate in a cycle. Each animal has certain characteristics that can be applied to you if you were born in their year. Chapter 2 - Who first painted these flowers?
Dutch The name given to a person born in the Netherlands. This country is sometimes called Holland. Chapter 2 - Who first painted these flowers?
Green Stuff Chlorophyll is the green stuff in plants that changes sunlight and water into sugary food for itself. At the same time they give out oxygen, which they don t need but every human (and cat) on the planet breaths it in to keep alive. Chapter 3 - Sunny s Story
Horoscope A description of your character depending on the position of the stars and planets on the day you were born.
How Sunny Eats This process used by the green chloroplasts in plants to create their food from sunlight, water and Carbon Dioxide is called Photosynthesis. Luckily for us the plant gives out Oxygen as a waste product when they do this. They don t need it all but we could not live without it. Respect plants of all kinds, from the tiniest daisy to the largest tree. We rely on them to live. Chapter 3 - Sunny s Story
More These words go to the Glossary which gives you extra information. Chapter 1 - Name that flower Chapter 2 - Who first painted these flowers? Chapter 2 - Painting what you feel. Chapter 3 - Why did Van Gogh!paint these flowers? Chapter 3 - Sunny s Story
Oxygen Air given out by plants which we breath in through our lungs. We can only live for 3 minutes without oxygen.. Chapter 3 - Sunny s Story
Star Sign The sign of the Zodiac given to you depending on the position of the stars and planets on the day you were born. It can also include a Horoscope or description of your character. Chapter 2 - Who first painted these flowers?