This TopicQuest was designed for Kyle
By Malcom Davis, a Valdosta State University Preservice Teacher
| Introduction Have you ever been in a thunderstorm? Have
you ever seen a tornado? Does the crack of thunder give you chills? Do you
ever wonder what causes some of these natural wonders? This is all part of
the wonderful world of weather and it all works in a complicated fashion
maybe this site will aid in understanding weather.
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National Geographic for Kids has
an interesting story about lighnting and
has some really good pictures. |
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Have you ever want to be able to
predict the weather? Well if you check
out this site you won't need to and type in you ZIP code. |
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Ever wonder how a hurricane
works check out this site and you can learn more about it. |
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Did you ever wonder just how powerful
tornadoes
can be or how much damage they can cause? |
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Have ever wonder what rain is or where
it comes from? Rry this site to learn more. |
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Want to learn the basics of snow or build a virtual
snowflake try out this site. |
| Mission
After exploring this site you should have
a vast knowlege of the world of weather. Now you are going to pretend you
are a meteoroligist for the day and you will have to do a weather report
on the six o'clock news. What you need to do, is go outside and look at the
sky. Determine what the weather is like and make a prediction of what it
may be like tommorrow. Then come back in and draw a picture of what
the weather is like.
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| Mission Steps 1. Using the website weather.com type in your zip code and
check the local weather for your area.
2. After doing so, go outside and look at the sky see how it compares to the forcast you just saw. 3. Now you need to draw a picture of the weather you observed outside and make a prediction for tommorrow. 4. Next, you need to write out the report that you will use on the news. |
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