A WebQuest for Middle schoolers
Climate and Geography

Designed by Bill Rullis wrullis@kent.edu

You are visiting a certain country that has already been assigned to you. While you are there your family sends you a postcard and asks how you are doing. They ask about things like the weather, climate, and where exactly are you visiting. Your family really misses you and wants to get something in the mail back from you. They suggest sending a post card back to tell them all about your trip. You will find all of the necessary information below. The main goal of this quest is to learn about the different types of climates that exist around the world.

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The end result of this project will be to create a postcard to send home. Your task is to find valuable and important weather and geographic information that relates to your particular country. You will want to give your family all the important information about your country relating to the weather and climate since that is what they want to here about the most. Your postcard will contain all of the information that you want people to know about this great country you are visiting.

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1. First you will be assigned to a team of 3-4 students to work with.

2. Each person in the group will need to have a particular role in the creation of your brochure. For example, a weatherman to find weather related material, a clothing expert to find out the types of clothing that needs to be worn, a geographer to find location and geographical traits, or environmentalist to find the type of climate and the best times to visit your country.

3. Make sure that you take notes on your country.

4. Search the internet for facts that will help you discover information about your country.

5. The links listed below can be used to help limit your searches.

6. As you surf the internet, be sure that each member of the group has a chance to read and explore the internet site to find their particular information.

7. Have enough information on you country that includes: average temperatures, best months/seasons to visit, weather, type of climate your in, and other things related to the conditions of your country.

8. Don’t forget to pay attention to, or record important pictures, graphs, and maps.

9. Now go ahead and research the country that you are sending your postcard from by looking at each link below.

Greenland:

Greenland Link One

Greenland Link Two

Greenland Link Three

Greenland Link Four

Greenland Link Five

Bogota, Columbia:

Bogota, Columbia Link One

Bogota, Columbia Link Two

Bogota, Columbia Link Three

Bogota, Columbia Link Four

Saudi Arabia:

Saudi Arabia Link One

Saudi Arabia Link Two

Saudi Arabia Link Three

Saudi Arabia Link Four

Saudi Arabia Link Five

Cairo, Egypt:

Cairo, Egypt Link One

Cairo, Egypt Link Two

Cairo, Egypt Link Three

Cairo, Egypt Link Four

Cairo, Egypt Link Five

Cairo, Egypt Link Six

Sydney, Australia:

Sydney, Australia Link One

Sydney, Australia Link Two

Sydney, Australia Link Three

Sydney, Australia Link Four

Beijing, China:

Beijing, China Link One

Beijing, China Link Two

Beijing, China Link Three

Beijing, China Link Four

Beijing, China Link Five

10. Once each member is satisfied that they have found enough facts about the country you can move on to the creation of your postcard.

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	Beginning 1	Developing 2	Accomplished 3	Excellent 4	Score
Group Performance	The group acted inappropriately and did not cooperate with each other at all.	The group got some work accomplished, but did not work very well together.	The group worked together and involved on task for the most part.	The group worked together perfectly and did not go off task.
Creative and Unique Ideas were Included	The postcard was not done creatively and minimal effort was put in to the project.	Some creativity was used, but there is plenty of room for improvement	The project was mostly original and creative.	The postcards were original and creative in many ways and were extremely unique.
Are the Facts Accurate	The project did not present accurate facts and information.	There were some facts, but they lacked good accuracy with your country.	The facts were accurate, but the postcard could have used a few more to fully describe the country.	The postcard was full of interesting facts that accurately portrayed your country.
Are all of the elements of the Quest met	The basic elements of the webquest were not met and directions were not followed.	Some directions were followed, but much of the postcard is not on track.	Most of the elements of the webquest were met and the directions were used pretty accurately.	Each and every element of the procedure was used correctly and all directions were followed.

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You are now more familiar with a particular type of climate and the types of environments they are located in. There is more then just one type of climate for you to discover. Look at other group postcards in the class and try to find what might be similar or different from the one you created or even the one you live in. Feel free to search the internet or the other links on the page to understand these differences better.

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Clip Art taken from Microsoft office 2000. Some information taken from the Atlas of World Geography.

Rand McNally. Atlas of World Geography. Rand McNally and Company, 2000

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Last updated on September 10, 2001. Based on a template from The WebQuest Page