Introduction
You and your partner are going to research information about severe weather. You will learn how, where and why certain weather conditions occurs and safety tips to help protect you during severe weather.
Task
Content Objective: I can UNDERSTAND the effect of Extreme Weather Conditions by researching a Webquest to research and design a safety and disaster kit to survive.
Language Objective: I can orally communicate my understanding of the effect of Extreme Weather Conditions by explaining a safety plan with my partner.
You and your partner will research severe weather using the Internet, non-fiction and reference books.
Each group will need to answer questions about one type of severe weather and record your information.
Your group will be assigned a severe weather condition such as tornado, hurricane, blizzards (winter storms), thunderstorms or tsunamis.
Each person will get an Extreme Weather Conditions Graphic Organizer. The Extreme Weather Conditions Graphic Organizer will have specific questions that you will need to answer. As you are researching your specific weather condition, you will need to record your answers on your papers.
Once all information is recorded on your graphic organizers, you will be ready to to start your Extreme Weather Slideshow Presentation!!
Process
To Answer these questions: Click on your Assigned Extreme Weather Condition
1. What is your severe weather and how does it form?
***You can also watch these videos to help you gather more information
Click on the video for your assigned extreme weather condition.
Watch Video on Hurricane Watch Video on Thunderstorms Watch Video on Tornadoes
Watch Video on Blizzards Watch Video on Tsunamis
2. Where and when can your severe weather occur?
3.How is your severe weather measured, detected or forecasted?
4. What kind of damage can your severe weather create?
Tornadoes Check out this website for more information -->> Damages
Tsunamis- Find out where
5. How can people keep safe from this type of severe weather?
Safety and Disaster Plan for Hurricanes
Safety and Disaster plan for Blizzards
Preparing or being safe in Thunderstorm, Blizzard, Tornado and Hurricane
Preparing, Safety and differences between a watch and warning of Tsunamis
6. What is the difference between a watch and a warning?
*****Click on the above links to get information for the next question.
7. What items would you put in your disaster kit?
This link will help give you a little more information about what to put in your disaster kit. Follow this link:https://www.ready.gov/build-a-kit
From what you have learned, answer the next the questions in your own words.
8. Why is important to study weather?
9. Is your severe weather a serious threat to Michigan? Why?
Evaluation
NGSS Science Standards
3-ESS3-1 3-5-ETS1-1 3-5-ETS1-2 3-5-ETS1-3
Supported Standards and Benchmarks:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.3.1.D
Explain their own ideas and understanding in light of the discussion.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.3
Describe the relationship between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text, using language that pertains to time, sequence, and cause/effect.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.5
Use text features and search tools (e.g., key words, sidebars, hyperlinks) to locate information relevant to a given topic efficiently.
This assignment will be worth 75 points.
You will be scored on
Group Cooperation (25 points)-- This means that you and your partner work collaboratively and respectfully to complete research together. Take turns to find answers and use collaborative conversations to stay on topic.
Research (25 Points)- Your Graphic Organizer has to be fully completed. You may use bullet points for some questions but last two questions must be in complete sentences and in your own words!
SlideShow Presentation(25 points)-Completed Presentation will provide scoring guide for Enrichment.
Scoring Guides will be given to each group explaining how they will be evaluated.
Conclusion
As you come to the end of this Webquest. You will work with your partner on creating a 5 or 6 page slide show that requires
Title page with group names
1. The definition of your assigned extreme weather condition and how it is formed?
2. Characteristics such types of severe weather (Snowy,Windy, Raining, Hailing, Thundering, Lightning)
3. Damages this extreme weather condition causes
4. Safety Plan- For example, how to prepare to stay safe, what you need to know)
5. Disaster Kit
(Your slide show should have at least 3 pictures to illustrate your topic.)
Credits
Credits:
http://eo.ucar.edu/kids/dangerwx/tstorm1.htm
http://eo.ucar.edu/kids/links.html#games
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/6403624451122350/
Extreme Weather https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVZExLO0MWA
https://learn.weatherstem.com/modules/learn/lessons/87/09.html
https://www.waterdamageadvisor.com/storm-damage/blizzard-damage/
http://www.eo.ucar.edu/kids/dangerwx/tstorm7.htm
Videos
Hurricane- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2__Bk4dVS0
Tornadoes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-s3UwOq1P1E
Tsunamis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6cnFM55_Dw
Thunderstorms https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voCl7GC6Q2A
Blizzards what is blizzard https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQXtCyoN-tI&t=28s