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CAMPBELL DRIVE MIDDLE SCHOOL
Introduction | The Task | The Process | Conclusion |
What kinds of weather conditions do we who live in South have to endure? Well, every year around April 1st, Mother Nature's weather patterns feel the need to adapt to warmer weather, and we here in the Southern United States must roll with her changing moods. Part of what we face comes in the form of a weather pattern known as a hurricane. These systems begin either in the Atlantic Ocean or the Gulf of Mexico, and can, over time, create quite a stir to not only coastal communities, but to many other states in its path as well. To know exactly how these systems act, we must first know how they are 'born,' so to speak. A hurricane goes through its own life cycle not much different than that of a person. To best understand this concept, we want you to take on the exciting task of assuming the role of the storm! In being the hurricane, you will describe your life in detail from a first-hand account! An 'hurricanography', if you will. ________________________________________
So What's My Task?
You are to prepare a Power-Point presentation telling your very own hurricanography. We take the role as eager listener, as you tell us about the ups and downs, the triumphs and tragedies, the mystery and the mayhem of your life as a storm system! Pretty neat, eh?
What's our procedure?
Phase 1: Acquiring the knowledge to be worthy of beginning the quest
Phase 2: Creating a Power-Point presentation ________________________________________
Phase 1: Acquiring the knowledge to be worthy of beginning the quest
Answering the following questions will provide you with the background knowledge to begin.
1. What is a hurricane?
2. What is needed for the formation of a hurricane?
3. How do they form?
4. Where do they form?
5. What can make a hurricane lose its power?
6. What are the stages in the development of a hurricane?
7. What are the categories of hurricanes and their corresponding wind speeds? ________________________________________
Phase 2: Creating a Power-Point presentation
In this phase you will create individual slides involved in your presentation as explained in the section on tasks.
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Project Evaluation
Your Power Point presentation will be evaluated using the following criteria:
Excellent
• More than ten slides
• More than five graphics(sketches or photos)
• Three or more interesting facts beyond providing basic information
Advanced
• nine to ten slides
• five graphics
• one to two creative or interesting facts included in life stages in addition to basic information
Acceptable
• Seven to eight slides
• four graphics
• basic information
Novice
• Six slides
• Three graphics(either photos or sketches)
• Basic descriptions
Phase 1 - Background Information
You've Created Quite a Disturbance!!!
Your birth will cause those on the coasts to shake in their shoes! But that's not all you've created. So what's involved here? Here's where we'll want you to go from this point:) We want you to create a series of slides using the directions listed below. Each slide will tell us, your audience, about each of the stages in your glorious life cycle. The minimum amount of slides you will design is six, to give us a wide understanding of your wonderful beginning to your dramatic end. However, to get more into detail, feel free to branch out into more if you're daring! You'll find descriptions of how each slide should be designed listed in detail below!
Note: Please design your slide show to begin with your birth (this must be your first slide) to your demise, described on your last slide.
Each slide of your presentation should include:
• Important events that have taken place during this stage
• Location(longitude and latitude)
• Wind speed(in miles per hour)
• Optional-pictures at that stage of life, or sketches
Phase 2 - Roles
Phase 3 - Reaching Consensus
You have all learned about different parts of MATH. Now group members come back to the larger WebQuest team with expertise gained by searching from one perspective. You must all now complete the Task as a group. Each of you will bring a certain viewpoint to the answer: some of you will agree and others disagree. Use information, pictures, movies, facts, opinions, etc. from the web sites you explored to convince your teammates that your viewpoint is important and should be part of your team's response. Your WebQuest team should write out an answer that everyone on the team can live with.
Conclusion
In discovering the life cycle of a hurricane, did you learn about the different stages a storm must go through to become a hurricane? Can you describe how hurricanes are classified, and when and how a hurricane is given a name? How does a hurricane gain or lose energy? If you can answer these questions, you are a qualified 'storm tracker!'
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