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JBarthSteffel Project

Project Overview Part 1: Define

 

Teacher(s) Name(s): Jessica Steffel

Name of Project:

Weather and You  Duration: 1-2 months

Subject/Course:

Science  Grade Level: K-1

Other subject areas to be included, if any:

Language Arts (Reading, Writing, Speaking,  Listening)   
 

Project Idea

Summary of the issue, challenge, investigation, scenario, or problem:

Weather affects us every day and many decisions in our lives.  Students will investigate daily weather and severe weather.  They will use weather tools to collect data.  They will create a weather center in the classroom and weather reporting system for the rest of the school.

 
Driving Questions

How does information about the weather affect my daily life and my survival?

How does knowing about the weather help me live.

Content and Skills Standards to be addressed:

E.ES.E.2 Weather- Weather changes from day to day and over the seasons.

E.ES.01.21 Compare daily changes in the weather related to temperature (cold, hot, warm, cool); cloud cover (cloudy, partly cloudy, foggy) precipitation (rain, snow, hail, freezing rain); wind (breezy, windy, calm).  

E.ES.01.22 Describe and compare weather related to the four seasons in terms of temperature, cloud cover, precipitation, and wind. 

E.ES.01.23 Describe severe weather events. 

E.ES.01.24 Describe precautions that should be taken for human safety during severe weather conditions (thunderstorms, lightning, tornadoes, high winds, blizzards, hurricanes). 

E.ES.E.3 Weather Measurement- Scientists use tools for observing, recording, and predicting weather changes.

E.ES.01.31 Identify the tools that might be used to measure temperature, precipitation, cloud cover and wind. 

E.ES.01.32 Observe and collect data of weather conditions over a period of time. 

 

    T+A E   T+A E

21st Century Skills

to be expliscitly taught and assessed (T+A) or that will eb encouraged (E) by projectwork, but not taught or assessed:

Collaboration   Other:    
Presentation        
Critical Thinking        

...

      Presentation Audience:
Culminating Products and Performances Group:         

Creating the weather center in the classroom.

Creating the weather reporting area for the school.
Class:
School:
Community:  

Individual:         

Weather forecast video or presentation.

  Rubric: http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php?screen=ShowRubric&rubric_id=1775589

Preparing a severe weather instructional guide.

  Rubric: http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php?screen=ShowRubric&rubric_id=1775594

Experts:  
Web:
Other:  

 

Part 2: Design 

"Grabber" to launch inquiry & generate interest: Memo from Mrs. Mick (principal) - create a weather report station for the school         
Assessments:

Formative Assessments:

(Checkpoints during Project)

Quizzes/Tests Practice Presentations
  Journal/Learning Log   Notes
  Preliminary Plans/Outlines/Prototypes Checklists
  Rough Drafts   Concept Maps  
  Online Tests/Exams   Other:  
 

Summative Assessments:

(End of Project)

 

Written Product(s), with rubric:

 

Other Product(s) or Performance(s), with rubric:  
  Oral Presentation, with rubric Peer Evaluation  
  Multiple Choice/Short Answer Test   Self-Evaluation  
  Essay Test   Other:  
      

Debriefing

Methods

(Individual, Group, and/or Whole Class) Journal/Learning Log Focus Group  
Whole-Class discussion Fishbowl Discussion  
Survey   Other:  

...

Resources Needed On-site people, facilities: National Weather Service, Gaylord – either a field trip, virtual field trip, or visitor 
Equipment:

Thermometers

Weather stamps

Rain Gauge

Wind sock

Weather vane

Flip Video Camera 

Materials: Books about weather and severe weather, chart paper and markers, computers with webcams and software for video / other presentations
Community resoruces: NWS 

 

Project Teaching and Learning Guide

Project: Course/Semester:

Knowledge and Skills Needed by Students

to successfully complete culminating products and performances, and do well on summative assessments

Scaffolding/Materials/Lessons to be Provided

by the project teacher, other teachers, experts, mentors, community members--Describe the active teaching needed to support learning

understanding weather tools -> explorations during field trip or virtual field trip and daily practice reading weather tools as a class 
knowing types of severe weather and precautions to take -> explorations during field trip or virtual field trip, reading and researching as a class and individually, creating charts or class book
video recording using flip camera or webcam -> minilesson by teacher, daily practice 
using appropriate software on computer   -> weekly computer lessons by teacher integrated in other subjects then applied to this project 
   ->  

 

Project Calendar (Project should be 1 or more weeks)

Project Start Date:

Week(s) MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

One

 

Entry document from Mrs. Mick and brainstorm what we should do / how we should learn about the weather 

What we Know/ Need to Know

Watch a daily weather report and "notice" , grand conversation about what is needed for a tv  weather report

read a newspaper weather forecast and "notice", grand conversation about what is needed for a newspaper weather forecast  Look at an online weather forecast and "notice", grand conversation about what is needed for an online weather forecast  Field trip to National Weather Service in Gaylord, followup journal and sharing

Two

 

Revisit entry document and brainstorm about creating a play area for weather exploration and reporting in the classroom (what we need)  Open play area  Play continues  Play continues  Revisit entry document and decide how to format the school weather reporting area

Three

 

Open school weather reporting area.  Job becomes part of classroom daily calendar routine and job helpers go post in the lobby for the school.  Continue posting school weather 

continue posting school weather 

 

Discuss weather in our area in regards to Michigan seasons.  Create a 4-box chart with describing words for each season.

continue posting school weather

 

 

continue posting school weather

 

At computer lab, students use TuxPaint and create a 4 seasons picture.

 

Four

 

continue posting school weather 

 

At all-school assembly, class spokespersons and Mrs. Mick (prinicpal) explain the weather reporting area to the school.

continue posting school weather 

 

Begin study of general severe weather with short video, book exploration session, class discussion.

continue posting school weather

 

Create class chart with thunderstorm facts and precautions.  On paper, computer, or video, students create a product showing how to stay safe in a thunderstorm.

continue posting school weather

 

Create class chart with lightning facts and precautions.  On paper, computer, or video, students create a product showing how to stay safe in lightning.

continue posting school weather

 

Create class chart with tornado facts and precautions.   On paper, computer, or video, students create a product showing how to stay safe in a tornado.

Five

 

continue posting school weather

Create class chart about high winds and precautions. 

On paper, computer, or video, students create a product showing how to stay safe in high winds.

continue posting school weather 

 

Create class chart about blizzards and precautions.

continue posting school weather

 

Create class chart about hurricanes and precautions. 

continue posting school weather 

 

Makeup day to ensure everyone has all files.

continue posting school weather

 

Sharing of final projects - whole class. 

Six

 

posting to school weather reporting area continues until every child has had a chance to be the reporter, or for rest of school year         

 

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