Climate Regions

Name: Esther Castay

Subject/Concept: Science/Climate Regions
Lesson 1
Standards/Benchmarks/GLEs
Science as Inquiry/The Ability to Do Scientific Inquiry GLE #1:
Ask questions about objects and events in the environment (e.g., plants, rocks, storms)
(SI-E-A1)

Earth and Space Science/Properties of Earth Materials GLE

#45: Describe the difference between weather and climate (ESS-E-A2)
Objectives:
TSW: Ability to identify the Climate Regions of the United States and explain of why the
occur
TSW: Ability to appropriately find information on a web browsing activity and formulate it
unto a separate Microsoft Word Document
TTW: Ability to present a Power Point, and be family with the information and concepts
presented.
Procedures:

TTW: Show students the web browsing activity template and demonstrate how to look
up the research they will need to answer the questions provided.
Time needed: 45 minutes for 3 class periods
Materials needed:
One computer per student
Access to Internet, Microsoft Word and Power Point
Accommodations: If students find difficulty operating basic computer processes, I will
let them either work in groups or individually assist them throughout the process.

Web Browsing Activity : Climate Regions

Teacher Name: Esther Castay

Student Name: ________________________________________
CATEGORY
Writing Organization

Each question
answered in the
word document has
a clear
understanding of
the material found.

Almost all questions

answered in the
word document
have a clear
understanding of
the material found.

Most questions
answered in the
word document
have a clear
understanding of
the material found.

Very few of the

questions answered
in the word
document have a
clear understanding
of the material
found.

Spelling & Grammar No spelling or

grammatical errors

Very few spelling or More than half

grammatical error
spelling and
grammatical errors

Several spelling
and grammatical
errors

Content - Accuracy

All facts on the

Word Document are
accurate and found
on the provided
websites.

99-90% of the facts

on the Word
Document are
accurate and found
on the provided
websites.

89-80% of the facts

on the Word
Document are
accurate and found
on the provided
websites.

Fewer than 80% of

the facts on the
Word Document are
accurate and found
on the provided
websites.

Organization

The Word
Document with the
answers appears to
be exceptionally
well organized

The Word
Document with the
answers appears to
be well organized

The Word
Document with the
answers appears to
be very somewhat
organized

The Word
Document with the
answers appears to
be very poorly
organized