Introduction To Our Project

Hello everyone! First we would like to thank you for visiting our website on weather monitoring. We are excited to be showing you what our students will be working on this year. We encourage you to listen to the podcast that is listed below, it will help you better understand what Project Based Learning is as well as a few more details about the class. Our students will have the opportunity to learn a lot about the weather in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The children will be working towards exchanging news casts through Skype with students in a third grade class in Sao Paulo. We have also provided an Inspiration Map, which is more of a visual way to see what your children will be taught throughout this PBL.     Weather Monitoring Podcast Blogs are a great way to stay communicated with your team mates, students, and even the public. Blogs are simple and easy to use, all you need is a g-mail account. We have provided the blog that we used to communicate during our weather monitoring project. Our lessons and activities on weather monitoring have incorporated all the content areas satisfying the Michigan standards for curriculum as well as technology competency. Students will be learning how to use technology in a fun way. We have included all of the Michigan Grade Level Content Expectations Standards(GLECS) and the International Society for Technology in Education Standards(ISTES). We are hoping that our project will turn out to be something like the one that students from Honolulu produced in this video. Additional Websites: Weather Wiz Kids: The site is managed by a meteorologist so the information is extremely credible for kids. The site has information on any type of weather you could think of. There are also plenty of interactive games and activities for children to get involved in. She also has lessons that are available for parents or teachers, including some fun experiments! Weather Channel for Kids: Kids will be able to learn the weather in their area, on a website that they can comprehend. There are also games and a page that educates students about the weather they may be experiencing. The site is a kids version of The Weather Channel. KidInfo.com is a site that kids should look at if they are researching any type of weather. The site goes in depth with information ranging from rainbows to the weather in space! The site also has information on storm chasers and how to forecast the weather. The site does not have games or fun things for kids to play with but it is a very good source for knowledgeable information.     Created by: Lisa Patridge, Tabby Reynolds and Kristi Longcore Email: Weathergirls3@gmail.com