weather project

C H O I C EB O A R D
W E AT H E R U N I T
FINAL
PROJECT
GOAL OF THIS
PROJECT
• The goal of this project is to look at a type of severe
weather and:
• What are the factors that cause it.
• What happens during the severe weather event
• What is likely to happen after the severe weather
event
GOAL OF THIS
PROJECT
• The goal of this project is to look at the types of severe weather
and all the factors that cause it.
• You should especially focus on the factors that cause the
severe weather
•
Specifically:
• Pressure Systems
• Fronts
• Air Masses
• To receive full credit, you MUST show a deep understanding of
the content we learned about this unit by showing how they
connect to one another.
S E V E R E W E AT H E R C H O I C E S
• I would recommend you use 1 of the 3 types of severe weather we talked about in
class:
• Severe Thunderstorms
• Tornados
• Hurricanes
• You may choose to do other options as well, but need to get it approved by me
• Blizzards
• Droughts
Solo Project
Choices
Test Maker
Brochure
Cartoon/
Comic
Google Slides
Create a book
Be a
Meteorologist
Group Project
Choices
Other
Poster
Be a
Meteorologist
Create a book
Groups can be no more
than 3 people
Your group must be approved by me
TEST MAKER
• Create your own test about weather. The test must be AT
LEAST 30 questions long.
• 10 of them must include a diagram
• These must be HIGH LEVEL questions.
• NOT JUST “what is a thunderstorm?”
BROCHURE
• Create an informative brochure about the severe
weather type of your choice. Include all the science
behind it as well.
• Each page should provide detailed and concise information
• You need to have it organized well
• Must contain both pictures and words
CARTOON/COMIC
• Create an informative (and hopefully
entertaining) Comic or cartoon about the severe
weather type of your choice.
• Include all the science behind it as well.
GOOGLE SLIDES
• Create a google slide show with a minimum of
20 slides about the severe weather type of your
choice.
• Include all the science behind it as well.
C R E AT E A B O O K SOLO
• Write a short book (10 pages) describing about
the severe weather type of your choice.
• Must contain both pictures and words
• You should include what happened before,
during and after your severe weather occurred
• Include all the science behind it as well.
Tornado
C R E AT E A B O O K GROUP
• Write a short book (10 pages per person)
describing about the severe weather type of
your choice.
• Must contain both pictures and words
• You should include what happened before,
during and after your severe weather occurred
• Include all the science behind it as well.
Tornado
BE A METEOROLOGIST – SOLO
• Write a script and film yourselves doing a
weather report telling us about a type of
severe weather.
• You should include what happened before,
during and after your severe weather has
occurred
• Include all the science behind it as well.
BE A METEOROLOGIST – GROUP
• Write a script and film you and your peers
doing a news broadcast telling us about a
type of severe weather hitting your area
• You should include what happened before,
during and after your severe weather has
occurred
• Include all the science behind it as well.
POSTER
• Create a classic poster acting as a PSA
about a severe weather type of your choice.
• You should include what happened before,
during and after your severe weather
occurred
• Include all the science behind it as well.
OTHER
• You may choose to do something that is not listed on the
choice board, but you need to be able to tell me a plan of
what you are going to do and how you are going to make it
align with the goals of the project (slides 2 and 3)
• This choice MUST BE APPROVED BY ME!!!!
• If you do not, it is an automatic 10-point deduction!!!
• Some examples of these are:
• A Rap/ Music Video
• 3-D Diorama