Introduction
A webquest for 3rd graders
Designed by:
Kaelyn Roman
You and your class are getting ready to go for a picnic today, but you're worried about the weather. You heard the man on the news say that the clouds were building up, and you could expect some crazy weather for the next couple of days!
Partner up with your shoulder buddy! Your teacher will give you a cloud to research and build!
Will you and your class be able to go on your picnic? What kinds of clouds mean bad weather? What clouds mean good weather?
Task
As students, you will...
- Research a cloud type given to you by your teacher
- Design your cloud using cotton balls
- Present your cloud to your classmates
- Decide if you and your class can go on your hike
- Decide what clouds mean trouble, and what clouds mean good weather
Videos That Need To Be Watched:
Websites To Look At:
https://www.britannica.com/video/143207/types-clouds-altitudes
Process
1- Partner up with your shoulder buddy!
2- Wait for the teacher to give you and your partner a cloud type!
3- Research your cloud with your partner, you will need
- The name of your cloud
- What the name of you cloud means
- How all clouds form
- What weather your cloud will bring
- How high in the sky your cloud is
- A cotton ball diagram on cardboard of what your cloud looks like
4- Build a poster, slideshow, prezi, etc. to show your findings to your classmates!
- Ask your teacher if you want to use a different presentation resource!
How To Build Your Cotton Ball Clouds:
Cotton balls are easily pulled apart, and easy to smoosh together. Use this to make wisps, clumps, and strands depending on what you cloud type needs!
You will need...
- A piece of cardboard
- 5 to 15 cotton balls
- Glue
Evaluation
| Objectives: |
Beginning 1 |
Developing 2 |
Accomplished 3 |
Exemplary 4 |
Score |
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How on task are you and your partner? Did you both stay on task the whole time? |
My partner and I didn't stay on task the whole time. |
My partner and I were able to work for most of the time, but got distracted for a bit. |
Either my partner or I would be on task the whole time, we might have switched back and forth. |
Both my partner and I were on task the ENTIRE time, and didn't get distracted. |
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Did both you and your partner work on researching and putting together your presentation? |
Neither my or my partner researched our cloud. We might have done very little work on our presentation. |
Both my partner and I worked on our presentation and our research, but one of us worked harder than the other. |
Both my partner and I worked on our presentation and our research. We did equal amounts of work. |
Both my partner and I went above and beyond with our research and our presentation. We used a unique site, or had a unique component. |
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Did you present your part of the presentation loudly, clearly, while looking at the audience? |
Only one of us presented our information to the class. |
Either my partner or I talked the most. It wasn't evenly presented. |
Both my partner and I presented our information with two of the three "good speaker points". |
Both my partner and I presented our parts, with all three of the "good speaker points". |
Conclusion
Congrats! You're a meteorologist in training now! You now know what each cloud is, and what they mean!
When you go outside to play, take a look up at the sky and see what kind of clouds are out today!