LInC Project Proposal ----------------------- APPROVED PROPOSAL Team Name: SCSU Elementary Team (Wanda McMichael, Linda Payne, Emmie Thirlwell) Weather Proposal Grade Level: Grade 4 Subject: Science (with integration of math, language arts and social studies) Learner Outcomes: Science Outcomes 1) Students will be able to measure and collect daily weather data using meteorological tools (such as Fahrenheit/Celsius thermometer, barometer, weather vane, anemometer, and rain gauge). 2) Students will interpret weather data from a variety of sources.(Printed, television, Internet, etc.) 3) Students will observe, record and describe daily and seasonal weather patterns. 4) Students will predict weather based on observations and collaboration with others. Math Outcomes 1) The student will create and use patterns to solve problems. 2) The student will explain the relationship between numbers in a table. 3) The student will select and use appropriate tools to measure temperature. 4) The student will determine the likelihood of an event and predict common events. 5) The student will read, Explain, and make charts, tables, line and bar graphs. 6) The student will find the median in a set of data. Social Studies Outcomes 1) The student will explain the purposes and characteristics of geographic representations such as maps, globes, graphs, diagrams, photographs and satellite produced images. 2) The student will use appropriate geographic tools and technologies such as reference works and computer-based geographic information systems. 3) The student will display spatial information on maps and other geographic representations. 4) The student will define the components of the Earth's physical systems: the atmosphere, the lithosphere, the hydrosphere, and biosphere. Language Arts Outcomes 1) The student will make, confirm, and revise predictions. 2) The student will paraphrase content of selection, identifying important details. 3) The student will make inferences, note details, determine cause and effect, summarize and paraphrase content, and draw conclusions. 4) The student will support fact and opinion with relevant details. 5) The student will connect to personal experiences. 6)The student will make judgments using evidence to support decisions. 7) The student will speak clearly using appropriate volume, tone, and rate. 8) The student will speak increasingly in standard English by applying appropriate grammar, usage, and vocabulary. 9) The student will express ideas orally with fluency, elaboration, and confidence. 10) The student will organize information for clarity. 11) The student will use effective presentation skills. 12) The student will use props and other visual aides to enhance presentation. Authentic Student Task: There is a weekly in-school news show broadcast from the media center to all the classrooms in the school. There is news, and even morning exercise, but no weather report. The principal wants to expand the show to include a weather segment. He has asked the fourth graders produce the segment to include local and national recaps of the weather for the past week and predictions for the week to come. Hook: The principal has asked the fourth grade students to produce and "star" in the weekly weather segment for the closed-circuit school video update. Because of concern that the students at the school and their families be prepared for severe weather conditions, he has asked that each report include information related to this and that the students develop safety plans for their families. Student Direction: Students will work collaboratively to identify necessary roles and responsibilities required to produce the broadcast. Students will decide what to include in the reports. Students will decide what data to collect to predict the weather. Students will identify from what sources they will collect the data. Students will work collaboratively to identify severe weather conditions that affect the local area and create safety plans. Best Use of Technology: Students will use technology to communicate with experts via e-mail and the Web. Students will use technology to communicate with other schools via e-mail and the Web. Students will use technology to obtain data (satellite images, etc.) from a variety of Internet web sites. Students will use technology (anemometers, barometers, etc.) available at their school to collect local data. Students will use technology (computers, video cameras, television, etc.) to analyze data and produce reports. Students will use technology to share the results of their work (television and web pages). In addition, we will utilize various web sites to provide background for our students. These web sites include: The DataStreme Project - http://www.comet.ucar.edu/dstreme/ This is the Web site for the DataStreme Project course for teachers. The American Meteorological Society and the National Science Foundation sponsor it. Teachers may take this course free and earn 3 hours of graduate credit. Go to this site for more information. This site also contains weather maps of fronts and pressure systems and upper air maps as well as satellite and radar imagery. FEMA for Kids - www.fema.gov/kids/index.htm Federal Emergency Management Agency Website for Kids, includes information on weather disasters and lots more. Kids Web Weather Links - http://www.npac.syr.edu/textbook/kidsweb/weather.html This is the Kids Web site that contains 7 popular sites to go to for weather studies. The sites include an automated school weather network that allows schools to collect, distribute and access meteorological data, multimedia materials on weather phenomena, instructional modules about meteorology, hurricane impacts, satellite images and weather forecasts for the US. The National Weather Service - Columbia Forecast Office http://www.nws.noaa.gov/er/cae/ The National Weather Service Forecast Office in Columbia, SC maintains this Web page. It is an excellent source of information for teachers and students. Their education page has numerous links to weather related sites. They also have weather maps, radar maps, and satellite imagery under the menu item National Weather Products. The Old Farmers Almanac Online - http://www.almanac.com This site contains sun and moon rise and set times, tide information, tornado facts, long range and 5 day forecasts, weather proverbs plus a bunch of other interesting stuff. PSC Meteorology Program Cloud Boutique -http://vortex.plymouth.edu/clouds.html This site provides explanations and pics of various cloud types. The Southeast Regional Climate Center -http://www.dnr.state.sc.us/climate/sercc/education.html. This is the education page sponsored by the Southeast Regional Climate Center in Columbia, SC Try the Daily Climate Quiz and test your weather knowledge. Also on this page are severe weather guidelines, weather information by subject and schools on-line. The Weather Channel - Weather Classroom - http://www.weather.com/education The Weather Channel's "The Weather Classroom" lesson plans are found here as well as many other resources for teachers and students. Weather Education Resource Links - http://www.meteor.wisc.edu/~hopkins/wx-links/wx-edlnk.htm So many links are on this page it will last a lifetime! The Weather World 2010 Project - http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/home.rxml The Online Guides use multimedia technology and the dynamic capabilities of the web. These resources incorporate text, colorful diagrams, animations, computer simulations, audio and video to introduce topics and concepts for a wide variety of disciplines. Selected pages link to current weather products, allowing the user to apply what the user has learned to real-time weather data. The Online Guides are an important component of the WW2010 Hybrid Multimedia Environment. Not only are they a part of this web server. The target audience for the Online Guides is high school and undergraduate level students. However, these resources have been used by instructors throughout K-12, undergraduate and graduate level education. USA Today Weather Site - www.usatoday.com/weather/wfront.htm Includes the "How's and Why's" of weather, including the exteme, current, and predictions. Start at the "Basics" for graphics, text, and more on various weather phenomena. Yahooligans Directory - http://www.yahooligans.com/Science_and_Nature/The_Earth/Weather Full of links to other weather sites suitable for young students. Skywarn - http://www.skywarn.org/ This site gives severe weather information. Doppler Radar - http://www.srh.noaa.gov/elp/dop/dop.html Learn how Doppler radar works at this site.