This document provides an overview of a 6th grade geography webquest on water and air topics. The webquest includes 5 topics that students complete assignments on, including the water cycle, geographic distribution of water, water and people, and the air we breathe. Students use websites, videos, diagrams, maps and textbooks to complete activities like creating semantic maps, flashcards, drawings and answering questions. The goal is for students to learn difficult vocabulary and concepts in an engaging, technology-based way.

1. Mrs. Aldrich Geography 6 th grade Click on the waves to start your Web Quest The Water Cycle

2. Overview, What is a webquest? Directions Vocabulary-Based KWL Topic #1 Water & Air Topic #2 Geographic Distribution of Water Topic #3 The Water Cycle Topic #4 Water and People Topic #5 The Air We Breathe Bibliography & References Semantic Maps Word Games

7. This type of KWL allows teachers to focus on content area text that contains a large amount of new vocabulary. In this strategy, the teacher selects specific vocabulary words and guides students to discuss what they know about the words. Students then develop questions based on their own knowledge and on the selected vocabulary. After students read about the topic, the teacher may ask them to categorize the words and describe what they have learned. This KWL can be done throughout the unit. (Blachowicz, C. & Fisher, P. (2006). Table of Contents Water & Air Semantic Map Learned What have the students learned? What What do students want to learn about the topic? Know What do students know about the topic?

8. Assignment #1A Directions: Use this semantic map to input and organize definitions for key terms throughout the webquest . You will find the terms in your Geography book. Use this semantic map to review terms before the unit test. This is an on-going assignment to be completed as you work through the webquest . Click the arrow in the bottom left-hand corner to go back to the Table of Contents. Click on Topic #2 (Geographic Distribution of Water) to get started with your other assignments. Table of Contents Semantic Maps

12. Hillsborough River, Florida Assignment #2B Directions: With your partner, create flash cards for the key terms that relate to the water cycle. Write the key term on one side of the flashcard and the definition on the reverse. Use the flashcards to quiz each other. You have now completed all assignments for Topic #2 of the webquest . Click the arrow in the bottom left-hand corner to go back to the Table of Contents. Click on Topic #3 (The Water Cycle) to get started with your other assignments. Table of Contents The Water Cycle Diagram Geographic Distribution of Water Vocabulary tributary groundwater aquifers

13. Evaporation Condensation Precipitation Groundwater Water Vapor Earth’s surface Assignment #3A Directions: Look at the diagram shown on page 27 in your textbook. Using the paper provided in your packet, create your own version of The Water Cycle. Be sure to follow the rubric for grading purposes. Table of Contents #3B

14. Assignment #3B Directions: With your partner, create flash cards for the key terms that relate to the water cycle. Write the key term on one side of the flashcard and the definition on the reverse. Use the flashcards to quiz each other. Table of Contents #3C The Water Cycle water cycle evaporation water vapor condensation precipitation

15. Assignment #3C Directions: Click on the video to the right. Watch the video, then take the quiz in your packet. Once you have finished watching The Water Cycle video and taken the quiz, click the arrow in the bottom left-hand corner to return to the Table of Contents. Click on Topic #4 (Water and People) to get started on your next set of assignments. Table of Contents

16. Directions: For your next assignments, click on each of the key concepts for the Water and People section of the webquest . Follow the directions for each assignment. Table of Contents Water and People water hazards Assignments 4A and 4B water conservation Assignment 4C water pollution Assignment 4D

18. The pictures on this page and the following page are of Mrs. Aldrich’s grandparents’ home in Davenport, Iowa. They moved to the home in 1962 and lived there until 1997. There were approximately 12-15 floods during the 35 years they lived in the house. The people speaking are Mrs. Aldrich’s grandmother, mother and aunt (Lorraine, Dorothy and Karen). Lorraine is the woman wading in the water in the two bottom pictures. Water Hazard Key Concepts More Flood Photos

19. Mississippi River Water Hazard Key Concepts

22. Assignment #5A Directions: With your partner, create flash cards for the key terms that relate to the air we breathe. Write the key term on one side of the flashcard and the definition on the reverse. Use the flashcards to quiz each other. Table of Contents The End The Air We Breathe acid rain global warming Assignment #5B & #5C greenhouse effect Assignment #5D ozone layer