Introduction
The Wildlife Protection Organization needs our help in some projects that involve us relocating some animals to a suitable habitat. In order for us to do this, we need to make sure that our meteorologist skills are up to par! Through this WebQuests, you will be evaluating and refreshing your skills as skilled meteorologists and seeing if you have what it takes to help the WPO with the task at hand.
Task
In this Webquest, with your partner, you will learn about what it takes to be a meteorologist and all of the things that they study in their day to day lives, such as temperature, precipitation, and measuring of them both. As you are completing this journey of knowledge, you and your partner will complete a graphic organizer that is a summary of the knowledge that you have gained through the assignment.
Once you are finished with this assignment, you and your partner will create a synopsis of what the job of a meteorologist entails and then present your findings to your peers!
Good Luck!
Process
Meteorologist Study Weather
What is weather?
Weather: the state of the atmosphere at a place and time, regards to temperature and precipitation.
Temperature: this is the description in numerals of how hot or cold something is.
Precipitation: any rate to which a form of water is falling out of the sky.
Here is a video on what a meteorologist does for a kids point of view. Make sure you are paying attention to what they do as far as the job is concerned. Take notes on what they do and what are some of the responsibilities!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-yYOpgmmp8
We know that a meteorologist takes measures the temperature and the precipitation of a place during a specific time and at a specific place.
Let's look at this picture, as a meteorologist, what would we say that the weather is like where this picture was taken. Take about this with your partner.
Now that we have done a little bit of learning, play this interactive game where you are going to be put in the role of a meteorologist.
https://www.turtlediary.com/game/weather-report.html
Now complete this graphic organizer to show your understanding of this lesson!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NfjNvhMSGqjHDYA-d44XSSfIjiTJb4EU6sDvVz6wOGk/copy
Evaluation
Now that you have completed the WebQuests, you need to turn in your Graphic Organizer and complete the Google Quiz that is linked below.
Do your best and show what you have learned about being a meteorologist!
Conclusion
You have completed the WebQuest on being a meteorologist! Maybe now knowing what they do, you will want to become one some day in the future.
Credits
read about what other organizations believe the job of other meteorologist is...
https://www.weather.gov/careers/meteorology
read and watch the video within the article to learn more about the things that meteorologists do to interact with the weather
https://firsthand.co/professions/meteorologists
More information on the job of a meteorologist and the things that are required of them within the field.
Teacher Page
In this lesson, the students are being introduced to the material as meteorologists and seeing what it takes to be one. This is making them familiar and comfortable with interacting with the aspects of weather and preparing them for the upcoming unit. It will also familiarize them with the vocabulary.
Standard:
3-ESS2-2: Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions around the world.
Clarification Statement: Information could include rainfall and temperature data.
Disciplinary Core Ideas:
WEATHER AND CLIMATE
Climate describes a range of an area’s typical weather conditions and the extent to which those conditions vary over years. (UE.ESS2D.b)