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Designed by:

Lacey Hines, Emily Miller, Molly Donahue, and Sarah Crawford

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This webquest was designed for third grade students.

Our friends from the first grade are learning about the seasons, which the third grade classroom has been learning about for a while. The teachers got together and thought about doing a presentation in which the third graders would present what they learned about the seasons to the first grade classroom. Each third grade group will present a poster of the four seasons to the classroom which will allow the first graders to be taught by other students and they will be able to learn new information off the posters the students present.

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The task of this webquest is to create a poster about an assigned season. There will be four groups of five with one season per group. The seasons are Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter.

Research should reflect the following questions:- Between what months does your assigned season

occur?- What holidays take place during your assigned season?- What types of weather occur during your assigned

season?- What activities or sports do people participate in during

your assigned season?- What articles of clothing would make the most sense to

wear during your assigned season?- Which season do your birthdays take place in?

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Step 1: Divide into your assigned group. Each student will be responsible for at least one question. The teacher will assign a season to each group.

Step 2: Use the webquest to research information to answer the questions found on the “Task” page about your assigned season. Make sure to copy and paste the web address (url) into the internet search bar to use the listed websites on the “Links” page.

Step 3: Present your answers on a poster that is colorfully and creatively designed to represent your assigned season.

Step 4: Make yourself familiar with the information on your poster.

Step 5: Present to the first grade class. Feel free to dress in the clothes worn during your assigned season!

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Springhttp://www.talkeasy.co.uk/link/materials/months.html

http://childfun.com/index.php/holidays/spring-holidays.html-http://www.climate-zone.com/climate/united-states/ohio/akron//

/http://www.allstaractivities.com/sports/sports-spring.htm

Summerhttp://www.wxdude.com/summer.html

http://weather-facts.com/seasons-facts.phphttp://www.2020site.org/fun-facts/fun-summer-facts.html

Fallwww.treetures.com/Autumn2.html

www.kidzone.ws/plantswww.entourages.com/barbs/mainfall.htm

Winterhttp://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-winter-storms.htm

www.weatherwixkids.com/weather-winter-storms.htmwww.brainpop.com/socialstudies/cultureandbehavior/winterholidays/

preview.wemlhttp://nsidc.org/cryosphere/snow//

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Individual Research

Student does not answer their question or lacks detail

Student answers their question with enough details

Student answers the question with more than enough details

Group Cooperation

Group does not work well together, does not complete all parts

Group completes all parts of the project

Group goes above expectations with extra details, works together really well

Organization Poster is very unorganized, information is missing from the poster

Poster is organized Poster is organized very well

Spelling, Punctuation, Grammar

Poster has a lot of errors (more than 10)

Poster has very few errors (4-10)

Poster has nearly no errors (0-3)

Creativity No extra effort visible, very plain

Some creativity, some color, some extra effort visible

Put in a lot of effort to fully represent their season

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Good news, friends! You have just completed your task! Your successful completion of the poster demonstrates your understanding of the four seasons. Your ability to identify what months, what holidays, what the weather is like, and what to wear in each season will be beneficial you in your future as you experience each season! The various amounts of activities that are offered to you in each season will not only be fun for you to do, but will also be a learning process.

If you want to learn more about each season’s activities, check out this link:http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/scienceforkids/seasons/seasons.htm

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Credits & References

http://fruitageofthespirit.wordpress.com/2012/07/31/seasons-in-the-son/

http://gregpeterslive.com/mixing-seasons/

http://www.tipresource.com/in-addition/march-seasonal-deals/

Links http://bookxcessblog.com/?m=201007

http://gvsparx.blogspot.com/2011/08/fours-seasons-seasons-of-life-poem.html