Weather Mania
Grade 5
Anne Fitzgerald
Introduction
You turn on the television and you see that everything
is going crazy with the weather. Floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, and
lightning storms are going on throughout the world. You don't understand
what our environment is doing. You have been studying about some of the
weather in grade 5 and have some idea of what these disasters are about, but
not enough. You decide to investigate some weather conditions to figure
out what is going on to help others.
Process
In order to understand what is going on and to inform
others of this news you will be making a weather brochure that will be distributed throughout
the world. You must inform people what
clouds are like and what to look for, what forms of precipitation they might
expect, and specifically about the weather disaster they are experiencing
in the world.
Task
Conditions to Discover:
1. Clouds- Find out what all the different clouds are and list 3 facts for
each.
2. Precipitation- What is it? Name 4 types and list 3 characteristics for
each.
3. Weather
Disaster- Pick a weather disaster and
research the following:
Describe your
weather disaster listing 4-5 characteristics.
Is your
disaster rated? If so, include the rating scale.
List 4
weather precautions that people must take so they can be as safe as possible.
Has this
weather disaster ever occurred in
Don’t forget to
include graphics throughout the brochure.
Resources
Need to know
more about clouds? Check out this site for information and pictures
Weather Disasters:
http://www.extremescience.com/weatherport.htm- clouds, hurricanes, typhoons, tornadoes, bizarre storms
http://www.theweathernetwork.com/inter/help/glossary/index.htm- Don't understand some of the terms, check out this weather glossary.
http://www.wildwildweather.com/ -Check out this weather site to find
lots of wild weather.
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/resources/basics/wworks0.htm -Scroll down on this site to find your
weather disaster.
Tornadoes
and Thunderstorms in Canada
www.Brainpop.com- Discover about tornadoes and lightning storms while watching the
movie. Then you can try your skills at the quiz.
Evaluation
Click
on the Weather Rubric for your evaluation.
Please
fill out the student evaluation.