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A WebQuest on The Water Cycle Designed by
Morgan Elliott Introduction | Task | Process | Evaluation | Conclusion | Credits | Teacher Page Welcome class! Did you know that water is all around us? Sometimes we can't even see it! I bet you have jumped into a puddle before, well guess what? That contains water! I hope you're ready to JUMP into the water cycle. We are going to learn about precipitation, evaporation, and condensation by making a research book! Get ready to learn all about the water cycle! The class is going to be divided into 8 different groups. You and 2 other classmates will be one group. Each member of the group is going to become an expert on one of the three processes in the water cycle. Then each expert will draw about their portion of the water cycle. When we are done we will present to the class and make a big book about the water cycle. You will be using the internet to research. Then various materials will be provided in class to make your drawing!
2. Then your teacher will come around and each each group member pick which portion of the water cycle you will examine. The 3 options are: - Precipitation Professional - Evaporation Enthusiast - Condensation Consultant 3. Once you have your role, you will use the Internet to research your role. Below are the links for each of your roles: Precipitation Porfessional: Go to- Precipitation Go to the bottom of the pages and click next to go to the next type of precipitation. You will click 6 times. Evaporation Enthusiast: Go to- Evaporation Go to the bottom of the pages and click next to go to the next section on evaporation. You will click 4 times. Condensation Consultant: Go to- Condensation Go to the bottom of the pages and click next to go to the next section on condensation. You will click 3 times. 4. Ask you teacher for paper that you will draw to your best ability about your portion of the water cycle. You may also write about it on your paper if you would like. 5. Each group member will teach their other group members about their portion of the water cycle. 6. You will then go to this website: Water Cycle Game Play the game to test to see what you learned about the water cycle. This will help you put the water cycle altogether. - If you finish early you may scroll down to the bottom of the page to Conclusion and click those links to explore more. 7. As a class, each group will present their information that they learned. You may learn something else that you never knew! 8. To make a cover for your book, your teacher will have a piece of paper and blue paint that you will dip one of your fingers into to make fingerprint rain drops on the cover page! 9. Your teacher will combine each studen's piece of work and assemble a class research book! It can then be in your class library! Each student will be graded individually on their knowledge they acquired while studying a portion of the water cycle.
Beginning 1 Developing 2 Accomplished 3 Exemplary 4 Score Thanks for joining me in this journey learning about the water cycle. I hope that you have learned something about the water around us. Additional websites with ideas and information are below: http://www.epa.state.il.us/kids/fun-stuff/water-cycle/index.html http://www.epa.gov/safewater/kids/flash/flash_watercycle.html
Thanks to all the websites that provided their resources to make this webquest memorable! http://www.epa.gov/safewater/kids/flash/flash_watercycle.html http://www.epa.state.il.us/kids/fun-stuff/water-cycle/index.html http://apps.southeastwater.com.au/games/education_kidsroom_wcactivity.asp http://www.kidsgeo.com/geography-for-kids/0102-evaporation.php http://www.kidsgeo.com/geography-for-kids/0107-condensation.php http://www.kidsgeo.com/geography-for-kids/0114-precipitation-types.php http://www.bizrate.com/learning-toys/1024539049.html
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