I hope you enjoyed learning "All About The Water Cycle" through my webquest!
Introduction
How much water do you drink a day? Where does that water come from? How old is the water your drinking?
Are you ready? We are going to have some fun exploring the water cycle! During this webquest you will learn "All About The Water Cycle!" We will discover new vocabulary and understand how the water cycle works.
See The Water Cycle in action when clicking on the link below.
http://earthguide.ucsd.edu/earthguide/diagrams/watercycle/
Task
You will be creating an informative water cycle brochure to share with your classmates on Science Fair Day in a couple of weeks! You will need to include the following information in your brochure:
- Estimate how much water you drink a day.
- How old is the water you drink everyday?
- Where does that water come from?
- Interesting Facts
- Vocabulary
- Draw a diagram of The Water Cycle
Process
You will use a peice of printer paper and fold it into a tri fold brochure. You will have a front cover, inside flap, and back cover along with the panels 1, 2, and 3 on the inside of the brochure. Use the link below to help you fold your brochure correctly.
http://www.wikihow.com/Fold-Paper-for-Tri-Fold-Brochures
After folding your brochure you will then start working on the infromation to put in your brochure. You will need the following included in your brochure:
- The Front Cover:
- The Title (All About The Water Cycle)
- Your Name (By: James Smith)
- A colored picture (Anything that has to do with water)
- Inside Flap:
- Vocabulary words with defintions (parts of the water cycle - should be 8)
- Panels 1, 2, & 3:
- Draw and color a diagram with the parts of the water cycle labeled
- Back Cover:
- 3 Questions with your answers
- Interesting Facts about water
The link below will help you complete the brochure!
http://www.eschooltoday.com/water-cycle/the-water-cycle.html
http://www.allaboutwater.org/water-facts.html
Evaluation
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| CATEGORY | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Organization | Each section in the brochure has a clear beginning, middle, and end. | Almost all sections of the brochure have a clear beginning, middle and end. | Most sections of the brochure have a clear beginning, middle and end. | Less than half of the sections of the brochure have a clear beginning, middle and end. |
| Grammar | No spelling errors remain after one person other than the typist reads and corrects the brochure. | No more than 1 spelling error remains after one person other than the typist reads and corrects the brochure. | No more than 3 spelling errors remain after one person other than the typist reads and corrects the brochure. | Several spelling errors in the brochure. |
| Vocabulary | The authors correctly use several new words and define words unfamiliar to the reader. | The authors correctly use a few new words and define words unfamiliar to the reader. | The authors try to use some new vocabulary, but may use 1-2 words incorrectly. | The authors do not incorporate new vocabulary. |
| Facts | All facts in the brochure are accurate. | 99-90% of the facts in the brochure are accurate. | 89-80% of the facts in the brochure are accurate. | Fewer than 80% of the facts in the brochure are accurate. |
| Drawings | Graphics go well with the text and there is a good mix of text and graphics. | Graphics go well with the text, but there are so many that they distract from the text. | Graphics go well with the text, but there are too few and the brochure seems "text-heavy". | Graphics do not go with the accompanying text or appear to be randomly chosen. |
Conclusion
On this webquest, you learned the parts of the water cycle and how they work. You can now draw and identify the parts of the water cycle. You also developed organizing skills for information in a brochure.
Your brochure will be due the day you present your brochure to the class!