Slideshow Contents

Slide 1: Table of Contents

Slide 2: Lesson Description & Objectives

Slide 3: Bloom’s Taxonomy Application

Slide 4: Student Prompt for Assignment

Slide 5: Resource Web Sites

Slide 6: Student Scoring Guide

Slides 7-13: Student Sample Slide Show

Weather Watchersby Krissy VenosdaleDecember 11, 2005

Lesson Description & Objectives

LESSON DESCRIPTION: The students will create a guide for the evening news about Winter Storms. They will research what a winter storm is, how it compares to other winter weather, blizzards, and avalanches. They will create a safety guide of how to be safe during a winter storm.

They will include several basic components to their project: • Winter Storm Classification Guide• Winter Weather Safety Tips• Venn Diagram Comparing and Contrasting Blizzards and Winter Storms• Graph of snowfall in our area from previous year

OBJECTIVESStudents will understand how weather affects the world. (Science)Students will be able to use text to compare and contrast. (Comm.Arts)Students will be able to construct and use graphs to represent data. (Math)

Bloom’s Taxonomy

• CREATING: The students will be putting together information from their research and “creating” an original project for display on the evening news. Their project will not be a simple report, but rather a comprehensive PowerPoint product that demonstrates their creativity.

• ANALYZING: Students will be comparing winter storms, blizzards, and avalanches in a 3 part Venn Diagram. This will make it a necessity for them to use their research, break the information down, and determine the factors in each type of weather situation.

• EVALUATING: Students will need to judge and investigate information found on the internet for it’s importance. Their interpretation of the data that find may or may not find that it is important enough to include for their audience.

Student Prompt You’ve been hired by the Meteorologist Ned Niederhoffen for Channel 82 to

write and produce a PowerPoint slideshow for viewers about winter storms. Ned’s caught a terrible flu and your show will fill-in for him on the news this evening.

• You will use the sites provided on our classroom website, library resources, and classroom resources for research.

• Your slide show must inform viewers what a winter storm is, how it is like a blizzard and avalanche, demonstrate the likelihood of a winter storm occuring in our area, and include a tip list of how to be safe in a winter storm.

• You will work in groups of four and each member will take on a role.“Safety Tip Expert”

“Blizzard and Avalanche Expert”“Our Local Weather Expert”

“Winter Storm Expert”

Good Luck! Ned Niederhoffen and his viewers are counting on YOU!

Resource Sites:Snow, Ice, Avalanches and Blizzards!http://www.pep-c.org/winterstormwarnings/

Winter Storms and Morehttp://www.serve.com/NESEC/hazards/winter_storms.cfm

Natural Disastershttp://mccants.anderson5.net/library/natural_disaster.htm

Winter Storm Factshttp://www.nhoem.state.nh.us/mitigation/section_iv.htm

Weather Recordshttp://www.weatherbase.com/

Avalancheshttp://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngkids/0301/

FEMA Safety and Weather for Kidshttp://www.fema.gov/kids/

Additional Search Engines:www.yahooligans.comwww.askjeeveskids.com

Student Scoring GuideInformative Grammar &

SpellingVisual

AppealCooperative Team-Work

11 of the four major components are present and correct.

5 or more errors in grammar or spelling are contained.

Presentation is just facts . No colors, clip-art, or fonts were changed.

Students do not have knowledge of each other’s topic following the final presentation. No work load was shared.

22 of the four major components are present and correct

3-4 errors are contained in grammar or spelling.

Group lacked effort in creativity. Assignment just shows the facts and clip-art is not appropriate.

Students did not work together on the presentation. One or more students did the majority of the decision making.

33 of 4 major components are present and correct

1-2 errors in grammar or spelling are contained.

Group carried out assignment, but fonts and clip-art were not always appropriately used.

Students mostly worked together. At times, group members did not share work load.

4Description of what a winter storm is, Venn diagram comparing and contrasting Blizzards, Avalanches, and Winter Storms; Safety Tip List for Winter Storm Survival; Graph detailing occurrence of winter storms in our area.

Presentation contains no grammatical or spelling errors and is ready for viewers on Channel 82

Group carried out assignment and included appropriate clip-art. fonts, and sounds to make the presentation appealing, eye-catching and showed creativity in their final product.

Students researched, shared, and worked together as a team. Final product is a completion of 4-creative brains working together and sharing the workload in a positive manner.

Be in the SNOW KNOW!

A Winter Storm Presentation

by Channel 82 Guest Reporters:Jimmy Snowflake, Maddy Iceberg,

Ted Shovelhead, and Betty Sled

Winter Storm Alert!When you hear the news “A Winter

Storm is On It’s Way!” what do you do to get ready? Do you

know how a winter storm and a blizzard are different? What do you know about avalanches?

Get ready for some great information about winter storms.

So grab some hot chocolate and listen up, before the next

snowflake falls!

What is a Winter Storm?

A Winter Storm is a storm that occurs when temperatures are so cold that any precipitation that falls is in the form of snow or ice.

Winter storms usually happen when cold, dry air from Canada mixes with the warm, moist air from the Gulf of Mexico.

Now that you know what a winter storm is, find out how to get prepared!

Be Prepared!

Tips just for you!

• Have emergency numbers on hand in case you need to make a phone call.

• Keep extra canned food on hand.• Have a battery operated flashlight and radio in case of

power outages. • Avoid opening your refrigerator or freezer. Food will stay

frozen in a fully loaded freezer for 36 to 48 hours if the doors remain closed.

• Fill your tub and spare containers with water in case your electric water pump or the local water system goes out.

Blizzards, Avalanches, and

More!

BLIZZARDS

AVALANCHESWINTER STORMS

•Occur mostly in Pacific Northwest

•Life threatening events

•Strong 35 mph winds•Visiblity ¼ mile or less•Mostly Northern Plains

•Frozen Precipitation falling•Weather Warning Possible

•Sudden snowfall without strong Winds•Less threatening than blizzards or avalanches.•Can be “storms of inconvenience” by

causing traffic troubles.

•Large amounts ofsnow and ice falling down aMountain•Could occur with mud or rock.

Danger involved

Average Snowfall in Our Area for 1995-2005

• The graph shows the snowfall averages for the past ten years in Hillsboro. As you can see, January is the month to watch out for. More winter storms occur during January in our area than any other month.

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Thank you for watching!Now you are in the

SNOW KNOW!