Gail Garrett
What a beautiful day it is today! The sun is
shining! We have our sunglasses on! Let’s play!
Wow!
Look in the sky!
What do you see?
Now it’s getting
rainy and windy!
What will happen
next?
It starts to
thunder and
lightning!
In this Webquest, we are going to learn how to identify
different weather types and we will learn how to use words to
describe the weather types.
Overview
This lesson is designed to introduce first grade students to
the types of weather and the basic characteristics of weather.
The content areas covered include science, language arts
and math.
Science GPS
S1E1a. Students will identify different types of weather and the
characteristics of each type.
Math GPS
M1D. Students will pose questions, collect, organize and interpret data
about themselves and their surroundings.
Language Arts GPS
ELA1R5. The student acquires and uses grade-level words to
communicate effectively.
If you’re ready, let’s take a look at the next page and see what we
discover!
Introduction
Hello boys
and girls!
Have you ever been outside on a sunny day?
What do you notice about the sky?
What do you see?
What do you hear?
What do you feel?
Wow, look what
happens next.
Soon, the clouds come.
As you walk towards your house, the rain starts.
Look out!
Here I come!
What do you notice about the sky
when the storm starts?
What do you see?
What do you hear?
What do you feel?
Questions and the Task
Today you will identify the different types of weather
and the characteristics of weather. You will be
working with a partner. Each of you will have a role.
Person 1 – You will be responsible for looking through
our class weather book. You will be looking for types
of weather (for example, sunny) and you will be
looking for describing words that go with the word
sunny.
Person 2 – You will be responsible for clicking on the
arrow below. This will take you to a table that you and
your partner will complete together.
Process
Person 1- Find the class weather book and bring it
back to your work area.
Person 2 – Click on the arrow above. This will bring
you to a table.
When you open the table, you will begin working. You
can use the weather book, and your own knowledge of
weather to complete the table. You will also have
words to click on to take you back to previous pages
in this Webquest.
When you are done, you may select the printer icon
and print your table. You will be sharing your table
with the class.
Evaluation
I will use the information you gathered on your table
to determine your grade. Click here to see a rubric on
how I will grade your work.
Conclusion
How do you think we can extend this activity?
1. Could we keep track of our weather for a month
and then show our information in a graph?
2. Could each of us write a non-fiction report on
what we learned about weather characteristics?
3. Could we go to the media center and check out
more books on weather?
Which one are you going to do next?
Weather Table
You may click here to go to page one where you can look at the sun.
Click here to go to page two where you can look at the clouds.
Click here to go to page three where you can look at the storm. To
come back to the table, click on the white lightning rod on the page.
Remember that you are looking for different weather types and words
that describe the weather.
First, type in your name and your partners’ name:
___________________________________________
Name
___________________________________________
Name
1. Type the name of the different types of weather you saw in
this Webquest, or that you found in the class weather
book. You will type each kind on the line that has the W in
the table below.
2. Under each kind of weather, on the rows with the D in the
table, type in the words that describe each type of weather.
(Remember, what did you see, what do you hear, what can
you feel?)
Weather Type
W
D
D
D
D
D
Weather Type
Weather Type
Weather Type
3. When you are done, you may select the printer icon. When the
dialog box comes up, select the button that says current page, and
then select print.
Weather Rubric
Wonderful!
Getting There!
Let’s Try Again
Chooses 4 weather types
Chooses 3 weather types
Uses 5 accurate
describing words for
each weather type
Uses 3-5 accurate
describing words for
each weather type
Chooses 0-2 weather
types
Uses 0-2 describing
words for each weather
type
References:
http://webquest.sdsu.edu/LessonTemplate.html
http://www.georgiaprofessionalstandards.com/
http://www.spa3.k12.sc.us/WebQuests.html
http://www.google.com/search?sourced=navclient&ie=UTF_8&q=pictures+of+thu
nderstorms