A WebQuest for fourth grade science students

by Mr. Bornais and Mr. Culp

Spring-Ford Area School District

This WebQuest is correlated to Pennsylvania State Science Standard 3.5.4.C. This standard states that students will be able to identify basic weather elements including identifying cloud types.

This page is designed for 4^th grade students. It is designed for beginning learners of clouds. The students need to be moderately computer literate to complete the work.

When you wake up in the morning wouldn’t you like to just look outside and know what to wear to school? When you are in the car looking out the window on your way to the shore do you wonder whether it is going to be a nice day or not? Well, knowing what clouds are in the sky can help you answer many of your questions. After reading The Cloud Book by Tomie de Paola and completing assignments that have been set up, you will be able to answer these questions. Heck you might even get hired as a news weather person! So get ready to have fun and learn all at the same time.

This assignment requires that you carefully explore the websites listed in the resources section. You will be required to demonstrate your knowledge of clouds after visiting the websites. You will show your knowledge of clouds in several different ways. First, after reviewing the given websites you will play “Who Wants to be a Cloud Expert?” and record your results. Next, you will complete a chart detailing the knowledge you have gained. Then, you will create a 3-D poster of the different cloud types. Finally, you will make flash cards to help you remember the ten different types of clouds.

~ Explore the websites shown under resources.

~ While exploring the websites participate in the

various activities available.

~ After visiting the websites in the resources section

play “Who Wants to be a Cloud Expert?”. Record your

results on the Score sheet.

~ Create a chart naming the ten types of clouds with a

description of each. The following Cloud Type Chart

may be used or an original creation is acceptable.

~ Design a 3-D poster naming and showing what each of

the ten cloud types look like. The supplies you use

should include cotton balls, markers, and an 18” x 24”

piece of poster board.

~ Make a set of twenty flash cards. Ten of the cards

should include the names of the different cloud types.

The other ten cards should have color pictures of the

cloud types printed from the websites that have been

explored.

Click on each of the four pictures below to find information that you will need to assist you in completing this project.