Hi Team,
I cannot figure out how to get to posts or comments that I have already published. (Post to Sharon about media newscast) Can anyone help me?

Web Site Evaluations - Internet Resources

Good evening Team,
Here are the three websites I thought would add to our project on Weather Monitoring. Two of them are directly geared to the K-6 grade level while the other is a university website for research and history purposes:

• The Weather Dude: This is a weather education website by a meteorologist named Nick Walker. He has many different resources and tries to make weather fun for kids.
• Wonderful World of Weather: This is another weather education website sponsored by the Stevens Institute of Technology. There are actual weather projects teachers can use to teach weather to students as well as a research guide.
• Theweatherprediction.com : This website is run by Michigan State University and it bills itself as "The Ulitmate Weather Education Website". Tons of links to images, blogs, quizzes, and weather-related materials.

I will be submitting my website evaluations shortly. Thanks, Rick

Web Evaluations

Here are the sites that I will evaluate, so no one else does the same.

1. http://eo.ucar.edu/webweather/

2. http://theweatherchannelkids.com/

3.  http://www.education.noaa.gov/index.html

 -Ally

That sounds great Teresa. I will find some websites and post them and an evaluation as soon as I can. Let me know if there is anything else you need.

Rick,
I love your idea about interviewing a local  meteorologist and visiting a local television station. Students, I think would enjoy this part of the project. I am definitely a hands-on learner and think the way children do and I got excited when I saw this! I do have just one question for both you and Teresa. Do we have to have a specific grade level we are working with or is this something we have to decide for all grade levels that we will be certified in? (ie K-8)

Collaborative Inspiration - Weather Monitoring

Weather Monitoring Brainstorming ideas

Good Evening, The ide that I would like to propose is a weather newscast. Feel free to add or take away as you please. Students will: Predict the next day's weather and actually chart the temperature for each day. Students will: Look at previous year and compare to the present in order to make a graph. Students will: Use a radar map to determine what the next day's weather will be. Students will: generate real questions about the weather based on observation and previous weather. Students will: Manipulate simple devices and explain how they work. (Temperature Thermometer) Students will: Develop strategies and skills for information gathering and problem solving. ( Tools: Sources of information, such as reference books, trade books, periodicals. Real-world contexts: Seeking help from peers, adults, libraries, other resources.) Students will: Construct charts and graphs and prepare summaries of observations. ( Key concepts: Increase, decrease, steady. Tools: Graph paper, rulers, crayons. Real-world contexts : Examples of simple charts and graphs like those found in a newspaper.)