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Project Description
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After completing a unit on weather students were asking to make a booklet that would illustrate different climates and weather from around the world. The student had to choose 3 different countries, each from a different continent, and find information about their average temperature, high temperature and what months they usually occur, lowest temperatures and what months they usually occur, average precipitation, highest and lowest amounts of precipitation and what months they usually occur. The students had to present the information in graph format (math connection). In total there would be 2 graphs, one for temperature and one for precipitation. The student also had to write 2-3 sentences about what that country's climate is mostly like. They also had to write 2-3 sentences about why it might be nice to live in this climate.
The booklet would be 3 separate pages stapled together with and front and back cover.
Students were able to use the internet, books and any other source for research. I recommended these sites: http://www.worldclimate.com and http://www.countryreports.org/weather/weather.aspx.
Students worked individually. This project is a finale assessment in a weather unit.
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Rubric Information
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| Rubric Title | Weather From Around the World |
| Rubric ID | 1345414 |
| Teacher Name | Pattie Furlotte |
| School | University of New Brunswick & Terry Fox Elementary School |
| Subject | Science |
| Grade | 5 |
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Project Includes
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| Links | Country Reports
World Climate |
| Standards | "Students will be expected to describe weather in terms of temperature, precipitation, wind speed and direction and cloud cover." 300-13 page 71 of New Brunswick Grade 5 Science Curriculum. AND "students will be expected to compile and display data, by hand or y computer, in a variety of formats including frequency tallies, tables and bar graphs." 206-2 page 71 of New Brunswick Grade 5 Science Curriculum. |
| Teacher Tips | Students can struggle with defining a continent and a country and the separation of the two so I may assign countries to them next time. RubiStar helped me narrow down the specifics of my assessment!
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