Weather Cookbook 6 th Grade Science Webquest Designed by Sarah Butler, Lisa Robinson, & Genevieve Rushing

Introduction If this is your first WebQuest, don’t worry. We will walk you through every step. The goal of this assignment is to make a Weather Cookbook – you know… list all the things needed for certain types of weather! This presentation will lead you to various websites from which to gather information to make your Weather Cookbook.

Task For the cookbook, you will need to select at least 10 different weather phenomena. Think of what is included in cookbooks. Each recipe in a cookbook includes ingredients and directions on how to combine the ingredients. In your cookbook, be sure to include 3 ingredients or conditions needed for each phenomena and directions for how to create the phenomena.

Standards S6E4. Students will understand how the distribution of land and oceans affects climate and weather. –A. Demonstrate that land and water absorb and lose heat at different rates and explain the resulting effects on weather patterns. –B. Relate unequal heating of land and water surfaces to form large global wind systems and weather events such as tornados and thunderstorms. –C. Relate how moisture evaporating from the oceans affects the weather patterns and weather events such as hurricanes.

For the cookbook, you will need to select at least 10 different weather phenomena. Choose from the following: Blizzard Clouds Cyclone Fog Humidity Hurricane Lightning Monsoon Rain Sleet Snow Thunderstorm Tornado Wind Task

In your cookbook, you will need to have 1 or 2 pages for each type of weather. Follow the links to research each type of weather. On the graphic organizer, list what atmospheric conditions are needed for that weather to happen and give step by step instructions as to how that weather forms. Process

Once you have picked the 10 phenomena to include in your cookbook, start creating your cookbook. Each type of weather must have a picture, either one you find from a website or one draw yourself. Include your ingredients and directions.

Use the attached organizer for taking notes from the websites you visit. Process

Click on the underlined link to find some really cool information about weather. Remember, don’t spend too much time on 1 type of weather! When you need to come back to the list of links, look for it in the blue bar at the bottom of your screen. Process

Blizzard

Clouds

Cyclone

Fog

Humidity

Hurricane

Lightning

Monsoon

Rain

Sleet

Snow

Thunderstorm

Tornado

Wind

Rubric Beginning 1 Developing 2 Accomplished 3 Score Creativity/Attractive to the reader The cookbook is plain with little or no color in it. It contains no pictures of weather. The cookbook is well organized and somewhat appealing to the reader. The cookbook is exceptional in its attractiveness and the images appeal to the reader. Clarity of Information The cookbook is confusing to reader and is poorly written. The cookbook has good information and is easy to understand. The cookbook has a table of contents and is exceptionally organized and well written. Spelling & Grammar The cookbook contains several spelling and grammatical errors and lacks evidence that it was proofread. The cookbook has a few spelling and grammatical errors that is distracting to the reader. The cookbook contains no spelling or grammatical errors. Content & Accuracy The cookbook contains inaccurate information and does not have enough information on each weather phenomena. The cookbook has a few inaccurate details about weather and contains a fair amount of information about weather. The cookbook includes 100% accurate information and has thorough weather descriptions.