blogpost#4_Researching and Blogging about web 2.0 tools
Lesson: Students will select one country, a city and state and compare the weather for a period of eight days. Students will use Weather Bonker at http://www.weatherbonk.com/. When you get to this site go to the weather bonk search and type in your city and state which is Macon, Gerogia, please include the comma between Macon and Georgia. After you finish writing the information for your city and state go back to the weather search box and type in your country.
After 8 days students will compile the data collected and create a graph to display the data. Your data must include:
*Precipitation
*Winds
*High temperature
*Low temperature
*Humidity
*Sunrise
*Sunset
After the 8th day you will compile your data and present it in a graph presentation.
Your presentation should include the information listed above for both cities, and explain the differences in weather during an 8 day period. You will also need to explain statistical information such as the range, mode, median and average.
From the list of web 2.0 tools I chose Weather Bonker because it seems to be very user friendly and it shows live weather. It would be easy for me to show my students how to use it to collect data on their selected country and city and state for their weather comparison assignment. I can save this to the desktop and my students would easily be able to pull up information daily and transfer the data to their daily weather charts. This site also offers the opportunity for you to see via satellite a view of the location in real time. On the map you can click and drag to see other locations in that town or city.
I also like the idea of a full daily weather report in one central location without having to scroll and look for other data that is required in the report. The students will be able to view pictures of what the day will look like according to the data in the weather report such as: sunset and sunrise, and the time of day for sunset and sunrise. If for some reason a student misses a day of collecting data they are able to view as far back as necessary to retrieve the appropriate information. When the students are ready to create their graphs they will have all the information need to complete the assignment.
This web 2.0 tool would also be very useful for our morning news team. They would be able to show visuals as to how the weather looks downtown and a view of the traffic on the interstate. I can use it as a visual to show my students how to create digital stories on what they learned in this and other lessons and subject areas.
I believe the more we give to our students the more they will know and make them more motivational learners.
http://www.weatherbonk.com/
posted by sj4987 at 5:41 pm
1 comments:
claraleigh said...
I like this tool! I am not sure if it would be too abstract for my preschoolers to grasp that we are looking at weather around the world. But, it might be fun to try as we see what the weather is like for our pen pals. Great thoughts!!!
November 15, 2009 5:39 PM
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