5th Grade Weather Webquest

Introduction

Greetings Meteorologists!

You have been invited by the National Weather Service to try out for a spot on their junior meteorologist team! In order to try out you will need to utilize what you have learned so far this quarter as well as research from this web quest to put together a presentation on the weather trends for a city of your choice. 

To begin your webquest, click on "TASK".

Task

Task 1:

Where in the World?

  • To begin, decide on a city that you would like to complete your research on.  You will then track data for this city for the next five days.  You will use the same website that we have used to track our own weather this quarter.  http://www.weather.com.

  • Use the table provided on Google Classroom to help you organize your information.  While you are completing task one, you may also work on task two to help you better understand the weather conditions in your area.  


(Completion of this table will serve as your assessment for task 1.)

Process

Task 2:

Location, Location, Location

(fill out Task 2 document on Google Classroom)

Evaluation

Task 3:

Clouds

(Use the table from Google Classroom for Task 3.  This will serve as the second part of your assessment for task 3.)

  • We have discussed the different types of clouds as well as how they form.  Create a concept map of your choice from the number that we have studied this year. This is part one of your assessment for this task. You can do this on a piece of notebook paper or on the iPads or Chromebooks.  Be sure that you describe the important aspects of each cloud that distinguishes itself from the others.  Use the following website to help you with this task.   http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-clouds.htm

  • Once you have described the different types of clouds, hypothesize what type of cloud you believe could be seen in your city on each day that you recorded.  Explain how you have come to this understanding using the chart provided.  Once you have explained the clouds for each day, find a picture to go along with what you have predicted.  

Conclusion

Create!Now that you have your data as well as information regarding where your city is located and the season that it is experiencing, it is time to create your presentation for the National Weather Service.  You have a number of choices of how you put together your presentation.  

You may choose from the following mediums to present:

  • Google Slides            
  • Seesaw
  • iPad app
  • Poster
  • Write a script of what a meteorologist would say to the audience of a television cast for each day.


The next page, Credits, is where the rubric is located for you to see how you will be evaluated.  There is also a place for you to record your self-assessment.

 

Credits

Evaluation:

Tasks 1,2,&3 will be assessed for completion.

Your Creation will be assessed based on the following rubric.The score that you will receive will be out of a possible 15 points.Rubric for Completion of Project

             

Outstanding

3 Points

Satisfactory

2 Points

Needs Work

1 Point
Organization: Is your final project organized? Can others easily follow what you are saying? Your project is very well organized. It is easy to follow and the information is presented where others can understand. Your project is mostly organized. It is easy to follow and the information is presented where others can understand with no more than 3 mistakes. It is difficult to understand your project. The information presented does not make sense to those who are viewing your project because they can not follow it
Elaboration: Is it evident that you put a lot of thought into your project? Do you provide details and reasons to support your claims? You provide elaborate details about your city and the weather it has been experiencing. It is clear that you have put a great deal of work into this project. You have explained all of your claims in depth so that it is clear how you came about your conclusions. You provided some details about your city and the weather it has been experiencing. It is clear in some areas that you have put time into your project. You explain your thinking on most claims and how you came to specific conclusions, but not on all. You provided limited details about your city and the weather it has been experiencing. It is not clear how you made your claims. No explanation was provided.
Details: Did you include information from all aspects of the webquest? -Task 1- Weather Data -Task 2- Latitude, Longitude, Season -Task 3- Cloud Types For Each Day You included all information from each of the three tasks in the webquest. You did not leave out any details and explained each part thoroughly. You included information from all three tasks but did not include all that was asked. You included information from all three tasks but did not include all that was asked.
Conventions: Did you use grade level expectations for conventions? It is evident that were precise in your use of conventions. You used complete sentences, appropriate vocabulary, and correct punctuation as well as complete fifth grade sentences. You were mostly precise in your use of conventions. You used complete sentences, appropriate vocabulary, and correct punctuation as well as complete fifth grade sentences most of the time with no more than 5 mistakes. It is not evident that you were precise with conventions. Sparse use of vocabulary, punctuation, and complete sentences was found.
Self Assessment: Were you reflective of your level of knowledge after completing the project? You completed the self - assessment at the end of your project and turned in the complete assignment on Google Classroom. You completed the self assessment at the end of your project but did not turn in the assignment on Google Classsroom. You did not complete the self-assessment at the end of the unit and will need to go back and do so.