Weather WebQuest

Weather WebQuest

1. Research using the internet: What are the coldest & warmest temperatures ever recorded on Earth? Record your answers on your Weather WebQuest assignment sheet.

2. Navigate to the Lincoln High School Weather station. What is today’s weather? Describe it! Record your answers on your Weather WebQuest assignment sheet. (If you cannot find the weather station on your own, use the links in the "Weather" page of our class website: )

3. Why are raindrops different sizes? (https://water.usgs.gov/edu/raindropsizes.html) Record your answers on your Weather WebQuest assignment sheet.

4. PLAY TIME! At each of these sites you will “play” with a common weather phenomenon! Write a one sentence summary of each site.

RAINBOWS: http://whyfiles.org/2013/make-rainbows-2/

TORNADOES: http://whyfiles.org/2013/control-a-tornado/

LIGHTNING: http://whyfiles.org/2013/play-with-lightning-2/

SNOWFLAKES: http://whyfiles.org/2013/make-a-snowflake-2/

Record your answers on your Weather WebQuest assignment sheet.

5. ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM APPLET

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/science_up_close/620/deploy/interface.html

Directions: Use colored pencils to create a diagram of the light spectrum. Examples appear in each slide of the applet. Do your labeled diagram on your Weather WebQuest assignment sheet.

6. Play Climate Trivia! https://climatekids.nasa.gov/trivia/. Record your score on your Weather WebQuest assignment sheet.

7. Play Climate Change Machine: https://climatekids.nasa.gov/time-machine/

Write a 1-sentence cited fact for each of the 4 Topics; for example: According to NASA, between the years 1950 and 2011 sea ice levels ……”

a. Sea Ice

b. Sea Levels

c. Carbon Emission

d. Average Global Temperature

Fill in your answers on your Weather WebQuest assignment sheet.

8. Play the Weather Millionaire Game and list your highest score after 3 rounds

http://www.quia.com/rr/314622.html

Record your score on your Weather WebQuest assignment sheet.