http://www.lubbock.k12.tx.us/quests/WiseWeatherWatchers
Created by Sarah Ancell, Donna
Cummings, Alice Friend, Marilyn Haynes, and Beryl Waddell
Introduction
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| Resources
| Process
| Evaluation
| Conclusion
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Introduction
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Tornado season is coming! Are you ready? LOOK
AT THIS TORNADO
WANTED: WISE WEATHER
WATCHERS
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- Do you live in Tornado
Alley?
- Would you recognize a tornado?
- How do tornado watches and warnings make you feel?
- What if…you were alone at home during a
tornado?
- What if you were at the park…what would you
do?
- Do you know any tornado weather experts?
- Would you like to be a WISE WEATHER WATCHER?
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The
Task
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There are many new people moving into your city from
other cities and other countries. The Mayor of the Windy City of
the Southwest has requested your help to inform the newcomers of
tornado safety procedures. She would like you to design a brochure
that would explain how to be safe during a tornado. The Mayor
would like for you to include rules and/or tips for safety at
home, at school, outdoors, and while travelling in a vehicle.
Your brochure needs to be attractive and colorful. It needs to
give accurate information about tornado safety. You may choose to
make a computer generated brochure or you may choose to create it
by hand.
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The
Process
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BEGIN HERE:
- First you will be assigned to a team of 3-5
students
- Search for the following:
a. tornado safety tips at school
b. tornado safety tips at home
c. tornado safety tips outdoors
d. tornado safety tips while riding in
a vehicle
- View weather emergency posters to help you get ideas
for your brochure
- Decide how your brochure needs to be arranged to
include all of these safety tips.
- You may want to include warning and watch symbols and
a map of your area.
- Your brochure can be made at the computer, be
hand-drawn, colored or your may cut and paste
pictures.
- See the Checklist to make sure
you can answer YES to all the questions.
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Try these links for information
Good
Tornado Stuff
Tornado
stuff from FEMA for Kids
Be
Prepared!
Red
Cross
Ask
Jack the Weatherman from USA Today
Tornado
Words
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Suggested Computer Software
- Kid Pix Studio
- HyperStudio
- Power Point
- ClarisWorks
- Print Shop
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Additional
Resources
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Tornado Pictures
- coloring
book: about tornadoes
- daily
weather charting
- world
weather maps
- select
your city
- Texas
weather
- weather
maps of the USA - choose by town
or zip code
- Lubbock
Forecast
On-Line:
- weather
lessons, symbols, careers, links
- safety,shelters,
myths, fujita scale,stories, books, posters
- general
preparedness: home, school, & activities
- What is a tornado?
How to save your life. Did you know...
- Experiments
- homepage
for tornado video clips
- Tornado
Myths: Fact or
Fiction?
- What
creates a tornado?
- Questions
about tornado safety
- Tornado
Alley
From Your Library Look for these books about
tornadoes
- Bramwell: Earth Science Library: Weather
- Murphy: Experiment with Air
- Barrett: Hurricanes and Tornadoes
- VanCleave: Weather (mind-boggling experiments you can turn
into science fair projects)
- Erlbach: A New True Book: Tornadoes
- Branley: Tornado Alert
- Fradin: Disaster! Tornadoes
- Martin: I Can Be A Weather Forecaster
- Davies & Oldfield: The Super Science Book of
Weather
- Branley: Flash, Crash, Rumble, and Roll
- Webster: A New True Book: Weather Experiments
- Murphy: Experiment With Water
- DeWitt: What Will the Weather Be?
Outside Resources
- Weather experts
- Red Cross Volunteers
- Fire Department personnel
- Police Department personnel
Additional Activities
- Make a tornado
in a bottle.
- Create Posters
for each classroom in your school
- Develop a Disaster
Supply Kit and a Family
Disaster Plan
- Kid's Activity
Survival Kit
- Write a letter requesting information and free cool stuff
about disasters. Be sure to use correct letter writing
skills. (Freebies
for Disaster Action Kids)
- Take a survey of what people do when a weather watch and a
weather warning come on T.V. Make a graph showing the results of
your survey.
- Interview or E-mail a local T.V. weatherman. Make a list of
questions you will ask.(E-mail: News@kcbd.com)
- Ask an expert questions about tornado safety.
- Use the tornado safety tips from your brochure to design a
Power Point slide show.
- Track the weather for a week. Make a Kid Pix slide show
showing the weather for each day.
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Evaluation
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Your group will answer these questions when your task is completed.
Successful groups can answer YES to all
or most of these questions.
- Did everyone in your group participate?
- Does your brochure include home safety tips?
- Does your brochure include school safety tips?
- Does your brochure include outdoor safety tips?
- Does your brochure include vehicle safety tips?
- Is your brochure neat and attractive?
- Is your brochure well-organized?
- Is your brochure colorful?
Evaluation Document may be printed
for student use.
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Conclusion
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With the information you have learned from your research
you should have made an informative safety brochure on
tornadoes. There is no way to stop a tornado, but now you
and others know where to go to be safe. Being informed takes
the panic away during an emergency even though you may be very
frightened.
AFTER YOU HAVE COMPLETED YOUR TASK..WORK THIS CROSSWORD
PUZZLE
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Last updated March 11, 1999
Based on a template from
The
Webquest
Page.
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Supported by
LISD Instuctional Technology Department.
1628 19th Street, Lubbock, TX 79401
806.766.1203
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