TEACHER TIPS!!

Process:
This unit will take several class periods to successfully complete. Students should work in pairs or by themselves. The webquest final product is very time consuming, so only your most sophisticated students in terms of organizational skills and motivation should be allowed to complete this alone. My students roughly take 8-80 minute periods. This includes doing the 7 lessons, 7 activities, organization of the e-report, and writing a conclusion. Students need time to answer the questions associated with the lessons and activities as well as importing graphics into their e-reports. It is recommended that students receive instruction on creating a webpage from scratch so they will have the necessary tools to be more independent throughout the unit. Please contact me through email if you would like a copy of my Netscape Composer Lesson and/or my Simple Text HTML Lesson. The procedure for importing graphics on their webpages after using Appleworks Paint Program is located under #3. on the student page.

Maine Learning Results Connections:

Subject Areas: Science & technology

Content Area: The Earth

Content Standard: Secondary
1. Describe how air pressure, temperature, and moisture interact to cause changes in the weather.

Content Area: Inquiry and Problem Solving

Content Standard: Secondary
2. Verify, evaluate, and use results in a purposeful way. This includes analyzing and interpreting
data, and making predictions based on observed patterns.

Content Area: Scientific Reasoning

Content Standard: Secondary
3. Develop generalizations based on observations.

Content Area: Communication

Content Standard: Secondary
3. Make and use appropriate symbols, pictures, diagrams, and models to represent and simplify
real-life situations.
7. Use computers to organize data, generate models, and do research for problem solving.

***NOTE: The Earth and Communication standards are built into the rubric at the bottom of the wegquest page!

Essential Questions:

1. How do changes in air pressure, temperature, and moisture affect weather?

2. How do meteorologists forecast our local weather?

***Note: Answers to linked questions are located at the bottoms of each of the pages under links titled teacher talk, etc....
You will need to decide if your students have made the connections you would hope they would make based on the rubric located

last revised: 11/23/01