Introduction
ThisWebQuest is an online project for second graders to study weather and the four seasonss. Over the next two weeks, students will be researching the four seasons. Students will find out about the holidays occur during these seasons, when the seasons begin, and the typical weather found in each season. Then, as a group students will create a poster board showing all the research found on each season.ThisWebQuest is an online project for second graders to study weather and the fourseasons. Over the next two weeks, students will be researching the fourseasons. Students will find out about theholidays occur during these seasons, when the seasons begin, and the typicalweather found in each season. Then, as a group students will create aposter board showing all the research found on each season
Task
As a group, you will be creating a poster board about the four seasons. The group will consist of four people. Each group member will be responsible for researching one of the four seasons; Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall. You are responsible for answering the following questions:
- What months are in your season?
- What do animals do in your season?
- What activities can humans do in your season?
- What do plants do in your season?
- What is the typical weather found in your season?
- How do the trees change during your season?
As a group, you will be creating a poster board about the fourseasons. Group will consist of four people. Each group member willbe responsible for researching one of the four seasons; Winter, Spring, Summer,and Fall. You are responsible for answering the following questions:
- What months are in your season?
- What are four holidays that occur during your season?
- What is the typical weather found in your season?
- How do the trees change during your seaso
As a group, you will be creating a poster board about the fourseasons. Group will consist of four people. Each group member willbe responsible for researching one of the four seasons; Winter, Spring, Summer,and Fall. You are responsible for answering the following questions:
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Process
Step 1: Under each season in the resources, there are four links. You will click on each of the links and they will lead you to the information you have been asked to research.
Step 2: After everyone is finished researching their season, you will meet as a group to talk about the information you found.
Step 3: Together as a group,you will organize your information into four different sections and discuss how you want to present your research on the poster board.
Step 4: Next you will split the poster board into four sections and show all the information you found. This is your chance to be creative! You may use pictures, draw your own and be sure to make it colorful!
Winter For Animals
Evaluation
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Beginning 1 |
Developing 2 |
Exemplary 3 |
Score |
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Individual Research |
Student did not answer the questions the task asked. |
Student answered some of the questions the task asked. |
Student answered all of the questions the task asked in full detail. |
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Group Cooperation |
Students did not work well together at all. They did not accomplish any of the tasks and they had numerous problems. |
Students worked okay together. They accomplished some of the tasks but had a few problems. |
Students worked very well together. They accomplished all of their tasks with no problems |
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Organization and Clarity of Poster Board |
Information was not separated by season. The information was hard to locate and understand. |
Few of the seasons had separate sections of information. The information was somewhat difficult to locate and understand. |
Each season had a separate section of information. The information was very easy to locate and understand. |
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Creativity of Poster Board |
Poster board is not colorful and does not have any illustrations or pictures. |
Poster board has a little color and has one or two illustrations/pictures. |
Poster board is very colorful and has more than 4 illustrations or pictures to go along with each season. |