Plan: set the project up
Choose a flower you can grow in your place and season. Write the target (number of pots), the time table (sow date, transplant date, sale date), the jobs for each team member, the budget and a safety plan for tools and sprays.
Do: grow and record
Follow the plan. Every day or week write a record: date, work done, water, pests seen, height or number of buds, and money spent. Take photos. Records are the proof you will use in the next step. Always follow safety rules: gloves, clean hands, no tasting of sprays or soil.
Check: compare result with target
Count the result (pots sold, flowers cut, money earned). Compare it with the target and look at the gap. Then ask why: late watering? weak seeds? wrong date? Use your records to find the answer, not a guess.
Act: improve and share
Choose one or two changes for the next round, like better watering times or a different variety. Then repeat the loop. At the end, prepare a short report or poster with the target, result, what you learnt and what you would change. Share it with classmates, family and farmers.
Try it
In the 3D, set care to 5 and round to 1, then to 2 and 3. Next raise care to 10. Does the result reach the target of 40? Then plan your own tiny project: three seeds in a cup, a daily record of height, and one change you will make in round two.
Key formulas and definitions
- Gap = target − result
- Achievement % = result ÷ target × 100
- Cycle: Plan → Do → Check → Act → (repeat)
- Key terms: target, record, gap, round, report
Worked examples
1. Target 40 pots, result 30. Find the gap and the achievement percent.
Gap = 40 − 30 = 10. Achievement = 30 ÷ 40 × 100 = 75 percent.
2. Round 2 result is 38 for a target of 40. What is the achievement?
38 ÷ 40 × 100 = 95 percent.
3. A club finds that seedlings died after watering at noon. Which stage of the loop is this and what is the next step?
This is Check, finding the cause. The next step is Act: change the watering time to morning in the next round.
4. Order these project steps: write report, grow plants, choose target, compare result.
Choose target (Plan) → grow plants (Do) → compare result (Check) → write report (Act and share).
5. Round 1 gives 30, round 2 gives 38, round 3 gives 42. By how much did the result improve from round 1 to round 3?
42 − 30 = 12 pots, which is 12 ÷ 30 × 100 = 40 percent better.
Common mistakes
- Skipping the Check step and going straight to the next round without finding the cause.
- Not writing records on the day. Memory is not proof.
- Changing five things at once, so nobody knows what helped. Change one or two.
- Forgetting safety rules for tools, sprays and water.