Change With the Seasons

 

A WebQuest for 2nd Grade

(Science and English)

Designed by

Bekki Kasper, Becky Setty, Jessica Crosby, & Karla Tackett

 

Introduction | Task | The Process | Evaluation | Conclusion | Credits & References | Teacher Page


Introduction

    What season are we experiencing today in our part of the world?  Do you think that it’s the same all over the world?  No matter where you live, are all four seasons important or do all four occur? Let’s go and find out how seasons change around the world.

     Our, planet, Earth, revolves around the sun. It takes one whole year for the Earth to make one trip around the sun!!!!!!

   While traveling around the sun the earth is tilted slightly to one side, which means that some parts of the earth gets more direct sunlight while others don't. This is why we have seasons. The word season is also used to describe long periods of time, about 3 months, that has the same type of weather.

 

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The Task

     You have three task that will be due at the end of this project. They include:

                                           

  1. Find major changes that the season goes through.
  2. Major characteristics of the season.
  3. Is the sun closer to the earth in the summer or the winter?

 

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The Process

  1. You will be split into 4 equal groups.
  2. Each group will be assigned a different season.
  3. Each group will research their season.
  4. Each student will write a page paper about the season.
  5. The students will then compile their information onto a poster for a presentation for the class.
  6. The groups will then present the information to the class.

 

 

                                 Spring        Summer        Fall          Winter

 

                                                                                 

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Evaluation

Describe to the learners how their performance will be evaluated. Specify whether there will be a common grade for group work vs. individual grades.

 

Beginning

1

Developing

2

Accomplished

3

Exemplary

4

Score
         

 

 

 Fall

(Activity)

How they work together when we are out of the classroom.

How the students are progressing on their projects.

How the children work together to get the information into the computer as a group.

How the children work together to present the information to the class in an organized fashion.

 

 

Spring 

 (Activity)

 

How they work together when we are out of the classroom.

How the students are progressing on their projects.

How the children work together to get the information into the computer as a group.

How the children work together to present the information to the class in an organized fashion.

 

 

Winter

 

How did the students work together while researching their season.

How did each student work on their individual paper on their season.

How the students work together to compile their information into a well organized porter.

How the children work together to present the information to the class in an organized fashion.

 

 

 

 

 

Summer

How did the students work together while researching their season.

How did each student work on their individual paper on their season.

How the students work together to compile their information into a well organized porter.

How the children work together to present the information to the class in an organized fashion.

 

 

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Conclusion

    You have now learned about the four seasons. Hopefully you have learned a lot about your favorite season along with the other seasons.

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Credits & References

The following are websites we used:

  1. The WebQuest page
  2. Seasons on Earth & Other Planets

We also used the following book:

  1. Seasons- Winter by Anna Claybourne
  2. Simply Science- Winter by Darlene R. Stille
  3. A True Book Seasons by Paul P. & Diane M. Sipiera
  4. Our World Seasons by Neil Morris
  5. Spring by Mary L. Meyer
  6. Exploring Nature Around The Year SPRING by David Webster

 

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