Weather Webquest
Designed By
Sandy Baitz and Penny Patterson
Created July 8, 1997
Updated December 2004
By Trisha Armstrong
Congratulations! You have been chosen for the Housing Explorer Team for the new frontier colonies. Your mission is to explore the weather for your specific colony. You will be making suggestions to the Housing Council as to what type of house should be built in your colony. Since two colony sites have been chosen, we will have two teams. Check with the president of the council(the teacher) for your team assignment. Then follow your team's instruction.
Tasks
A colony weather chart
A drawing of a house (9"x12" paper)
A paragraph describing the house
A drawing of a team house (3'x3' paper)
Resources
The Process
The Tornado Team
- Every day go to the Weather Channel. Scroll down to the rectangle. Type your colony name. Click on "Go City." Fill in the weather chart each day for two weeks.
- Visit the following sites to learn all you can about tornados. Look closely at the pictures. Observe the tornados and the damage they cause.
Dan's Wild Wild
Weather Page - Tornado
- Draw a house that would withstand the weather in your colony. Be sure to think about the weather conditions and what you have learned about tornados.
- Write a paragraph describing your house's unique qualities.
The Hurricane Team
1. Every day go to the Weather Channel. Scroll down to the rectangle. Type your colony name. Click on "Go City." Fill in the weather chart each day for two weeks.
2. Visit the following sites to learn all you can about hurricanes. Look closely at the pictures. Observe the hurricanes and the damage they cause.
Dan's Wild Wild
Weather Page - Hurricanes
3. Draw a house that would withstand the weather in your colony. Be sure to think about the weather conditions and what you have learned about hurricanes.
4. Write a paragraph describing your house's unique qualities.
Learning Advice
Each student will present their house and ideas at a team meeting. After a team discussion on each design, the team will produce one house using the best ideas. The team then presents their ideas to the council(class).
Conclusion
Students gather information about weather. They will draw conclusions about how weather effects their lives.
Teacher Notes: This is a sample of a chart you might make for the Weather Chart.
Weather Chart
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