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Teacher Page A WebQuest for 6th Grade Science Designed by Brandi Martin
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This lesson was developed as part of the Hurricane chapter in our earth and space science book. It will help the kids come to a conclusion based on research found on different web cites. As we enter into hurricane season it is important that the kids understand how hurricanes are formed along with hurricane safety. The students will have a few different activities to learn this subject. This is for a basic 6th grade earth/space science class. It is in the weather chapter of the book, lesson hurricanes and bad weather. Kids will show group participation, writing skills, and basic research knowledge. Skills needed for this web quest include basic writing and sentence construction, creativity, Internet use, and proper research skills. Curriculum Standards The students will learn when a tropical depression becomes a tropical storm, when a tropical storm becomes a hurricane, what is the definition of a hurricane is, how a hurricane forms, what the parts of a hurricane are, and when and where the most destructive hurricanes have hit. Earth/Space Science Standards Addressed
This lesson will help the students with higher level thinking skills, creative production, problem solving, categorization, and teamwork.
First you will be
assigned a partner and a packet of information gathered from the
interned cites below. Then you will answer the list of
question below which are also printed in front of you and use the links
to assist you in your quest. These questions are worth 5 points a
piece. Next you will be given
some art supplies to create your very own hurricane category chart.
This will be done individually and everyone needs to be creative.
Your grades will be bases on neatness, creativity and accuracy. Then you will complete an
on line quiz individually as your are done with the other two
assignments above. This quiz is just for fun I do not expect you to
know all the right answers. At the end of the quiz right down
your score and you will be given full credit for taking it. The on line
quiz can be found at http://www.fema.gov/kidsApps/quiz_truefalse_questions.do?quiz=quiz_hurricanenameiq&action=init
1. How do hurricanes
form? This is an open ended question answer it to the best of your
ability using the links provided below. 2. What does a Tropical
storm watch mean? 3. What does a Tropical
storm warning mean? 4. What does a Hurricane
watch mean? 5. What does a Hurricane
warning mean? 6. If you have winds near
the center at 23-39 mph, what would this be classified as? 7. This storm is assigned
a name and has sustained winds at 39-73 mph, name this storm? 8. What has a pronounced
rotation that develops around the central core with sustained winds of
74 mph? 9. What is the point at
which a storm rotates around? 10. When is a tropical
cyclone considered a hurricane? 11. A tropical storm
officially becomes a hurricane when they reach 74 mph. Tropical storm H
currently has winds of 59 miles per hour. How much do the winds of
Tropical storm H need to speed up in order for the storm to become a
hurricane? 12. What is the Coriolis
Force? 13. How many years ago
was evidence of a hurricane discovered in Florida? 14. When did the great
Miami hurricane occur? 15. In what year did the
hurricane name list introduce men's name which were then alternated
with women's names? 16. One name is selected
for each letter of the alphabet except for? 17. How often are the
name lists reused? 18. What important mark
on history happened in 1565? 19. What was the name and
category of the hurricane that hit Florida and Louisiana in 1992? 20. What hurricane
occurred in 2005 and was one of the most devastating in the history of
the U.S.? This lesson will be split up into two different class periods so that the students can work at their own pace to finish successfully. The students will be split into groups and rotate because computers will have to be used. One group will split into pairs of two to work on the questions. The second group will work on their charts, and the third group will take their fun web quiz. This is a very simple web quest to help the students learn in a fun and different way. It is a basic chapter so the students should not have any trouble getting through this quest in two class periods.
Below is a list of resources needed to complete this quest:
Printed documentation is needed for each student and can be found from the web cites below. All the information from each cite is to be printed and formed into a packet so that each student as to read and research to find the appropriate information through out the quest. One teacher and maybe an aid is appropriate for this web quest. Since some students will be using computers an extra set of eyes, i.e the aid may be necessary to help watch the students. There will be 210 points possible on this web quest. 100 points will count as a test, the other 100 points will count towards a daily grade, and the remaining 10 points will go towards extra credit.
By the end of this web quest students will be able to identify the difference between a tropical depression, a tropical storm, and a hurricane. They will have acquired back ground history on several different hurricanes and how the name system works. They will be a master of knowing the difference between a watch and a warning and they will be familiar with the hurricane category chart. Students will have used higher level thinking skills, creative production, problem solving, categorization, and teamwork as they finish with this web quest. http://www.fema.gov/kids/hurr.htmhttp://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-hurricane.htm http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/hurr/stages/td.rxml http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/HAw2/english/disaster_prevention.shtml http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/en/kids/goes/hurricanes/ Last updated on August 15, 1999. Based on a template from The WebQuest Page |
