Dr. Weather
A Junior Meteorologist WebQuest

Introduction | Task | Process | Resources | Evaluation | Conclusion

Introduction

Weather affects us everyday and all year long. You think about weather when you get dressed in the morning and whether you need a jacket at recess. You think about weather when you get caught in the rain and wish you had an umbrella. You think about weather when you long for a snow day. Weather definitely influences our lives.

Task

Dr. Weather needs our class to help create a Dr. Weather website. You and your partner will be “Junior Meteorologists” and research a weather topic. Your team will create a web page and quiz about your weather topic. You and your meteorological buddy will design a Fun With Weather Project for Dr. Weather’s website. Finally we will be sharing Dr. Weather’s website.

Process & Resources

Step 1

Select and research a weather topic.

Clouds	Winds
Precipitation	Heat Wave
Thunderstorms	Lightning
Tornadoes	Hurricanes
Winter Storms	Floods

Step 2

Create a web page about your weather topic using the weather template.

Step 3

Write a quiz about your weather topic using FunBrain. Your quiz should be true/false and have five questions. Print a copy of the quiz and hand it in.

Step 4

Browse through the Fun with Weather Activities.

Step 5

Select one activity for your project from the Fun with Weather Activities.

Step 6

You and your partner will help our “class team” assemble the Dr. Weather web site with your Weather Topic Web Page and your Fun with Weather Project.

Step 7

When the Dr. Weather web site has been assembled, you and your partner will present your Weather Topic Web Page and your Fun with Weather Project to an audience.

Step 8

Go back to FunBrain and take the quizzes for your weather topic and the topics from the rest of the groups.

Evaluation

You and your partner will evaluate your Weather Topic Web Page and your Fun with Weather Project with the student assessment. You and your partner will also be evaluated by your teacher with the teacher assessment.

Conclusion

Congratulations on your awesome Dr. Weather web site, Junior Meteorologists! Dr. Weather has been blown away with your meteorological masterpiece. In honor of your outstanding accomplishments, Dr. Weather is proud to present you with the Dr. Weather Certificate of Meteorological Magnificence.

References

Academic Standards

Teacher Notes

Created by Lisa Finnegan and Suzy Bauer

July 2002