Transcript weatherwebq.ppsm - Colorful Creations

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Welcome to Mount Sunny Daze, Jr.
Meteorologist. We need your help! Milo
and Millie want to go on a hot air balloon
ride but they need the perfect weather. As
a meteorologist your job is to forecast
today’s weather. Will the weather be fair
and sunny or windy and stormy?
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To help Milo and Millie you have a lot to learn
about weather!
Task 1 – Find out what tools meteorologist
need to predict the weather. Choose one of
the tools to make.
Task 2 – Meteorologist use clouds to help
them predict the weather. Learn about the
different types of clouds and make the cloud
craft.
Task 3 – Learn about different types of
weather and write down which you think
would be good or bad for hot air balloon
rides.
Task 4 – Should Milo and Millie go on their hot
air balloon adventure? Write a paragraph
saying why or why not.
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What tools do meteorologist use?
Meteorologist have to use weather instruments to help them predict what type of weather
we will have. Remember that you need to choose one weather instrument to make! Make
sure you have a parent, older sibling, or teacher to help! Click on each picture to learn
what the instrument is used for and how to make your own.
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Anemometer
Thermometer
Rain Gauge
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Clouds
Did you know there are different types of clouds? Looking at clouds is a good way to predict
what type of weather we will be having. Think about which type of cloud you would want to
see on a hot air balloon ride. Click on each cloud to watch a video!
Don’t forget to make the cloud craft!
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Types of Weather
There are a lot of different types of weather. If you see any of these storms it
would be way to dangerous to go on a hot air balloon ride!
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Milo and Millie go outside and look at their thermometer.
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It says 50 degrees.
Milo and Millie look outside and see clouds that look like this:
The meteorologist says that we are expecting these types of storms:
Should Milo and Millie go on their hot air balloon ride? Write a paragraph saying why or why
not.
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You’ve done a great job Jr. Meteorologist! Milo and Millie are
so glad that you helped
keep them safe!
You’ve learned about tools that meteorologist use, different types of clouds, and
different types of weather. Don’t forget that you can use this information every day!
Look in the sky and try to decide what type of weather the day will hold or use your
new meteorology tool to make your own weather forecast.
Thanks for the help!
Please come back soon!
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For more weather fun visit:
www.weatherwizkids.com
www.theweatherchannelkids.com
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Webquests provide an interactive way for students to complete an authentic learning task. Before enrolling in
EDUC 648 I had never heard of a webquest, much less used one in my classroom. When assigned the task of making a webquest I
made sure to make a webquest that I could use this year with my students.
Every year in March my first grade students begin their weather unit. I designed the webquest to supplement the
unit provided by Jefferson County Schools. The webquest was designed to be completed as a class. I plan for each task to take 12 days to complete. The most time consuming task would be Task 1, in which students make their own weather tool. The rest of
the tasks would take approximately one day to complete. I think students will enjoy their Milo and Millie scenario and know that
they love being Jr. Meteorologist! I designed this webquest to be easy to use by other educators. This webquest would meet KY
Core Content Standard SC-EP2.3.2 – students will describe patterns in weather and weather data in order to make simple
predictions based on those patterns discovered.
Designing and using a webquest meets Kentucky Teacher Standard 6 (KET6) in many ways. Substandard 6.1 is met when designing
the webquest to support and extend learning. When the webquest is implemented substandards 6.2 and 6.3 are met. Authentic
opportunities for all students would be provided through the implementation of he webquest. The webquest would be a safe way
to teach students how to responsibility use the internet, while exposing them to educational oppurtunties (substandard 6.5).
The webquest also meets NETS*T standards in many ways. The webquest is a way to engage students in a realworld issue and solve an authentic problem. Since the webquests includes step-by-step directions, photographs, and videos,
relevant information and ideas effectively to students using digital age media and formats. Digital citizenship and responsibility
would also be modeled through the webquest.
In “What Webquests Are (Really)” by Tom March he defines a webquest as a “scaffolded learning structure that
uses links to essential resources on the World Wide Web and an authentic task to motivate students’ investigation of a central,
open-ended question…”. I knew right away that I wanted to use weather as my webquest topic, the hard part was coming up with
an “authentic task” that engaged and intrigued students. I finally came up with the Milo and Millie scenario because I thought
students would like the idea of helping two cute characters and it was a way to combine important weather ideas. I do think I was
able to create an authentic learning task appropriate for my grade level.