THE WEATHER FORECAST PROJECT

TRIMESTER 2 - WORLD GEOGRAPHY 12TH GRADE

Objectives: In this project the students will develop and exploit their creativity, knowledge, skills and
understanding to create a video showcasing the weather forecast for 5 days in South Asia. This project is
a fun and rigorous way for high school students to prove and showcase what they have learned at the
end of chapter 25, and to show all that they research about the various weather patterns in our world.
Students will love becoming a meteorologist with this fun project!

Directions:

1.-Students will work in groups of 4 people, they will create a weather map, a weekly forecast for South
Asia, and a weather report of One Set of Countries of South Asia listed below:

1.​ India
2.​ Pakistan and Bangladesh.
3.​ Sri Lanka and The Maldives.
4.​ Nepal and Bhutan.

2.-Students will video themselves completing a weather forecast for 5 days. (The video will last between
2 to 5 minutes, every person in the group must be part of the video) Send the video to Google
Classroom.

Some Ideas:

*Students can start their videos by making these questions to the experts in meteorology:

What is a weather forecast?

What are the differences between climate and weather?

*Students must write a report script and send it to Google classroom attached to this project. How do
you start a weather report script?

Hello, this is (your name), reporting from (your location) in (city, state). And wow, folks, it is (cold,
chilly, warm, hot) out here! As you can see, I'm dressed for this weather. Right now, the temperature is
(temperature).

*What is an example of a weather script?

Today: A cloudy, rather cold day with rain, heavy at times, quickly spreading from the west during the
morning and persisting for the rest of the day. Rain may clear the far west by evening. Maximum
temperature 13 deg C (55 deg F).

Cnn examples:

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How to read a weather map?

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*What are keywords in a weather report?

Weather, rain, cloud, rainbow, temperature, pressure, overcast, shower, sunrise, dry, tornado, sunset,
humidity, cold, heat, wind, cloudy, heat wave, fog, breeze, humid, lightning, blustery, humidity, thunder,
snow, heat index, thunderstorm, downpour, drought, tropical, water cycle, temperate, moisture, drizzle.
EXAMPLE OF A WEATHER FORECAST
EXAMPLE OF A WEATHER MAPS
 Rubric

NAME:___________________________________________________________ ​ DATE: ___________________

[Link] PROJECT RUBRIC 12th GRADE

Advanced Proficient Approaching Beginning Insufficient.

Evidence
 Preparedness The student is The student The student is The student The student did
completely seems pretty somewhat does not seem not prepare or
prepared and prepared but prepared, but it at all prepared rehearse.
has obviously might have is clear that to present.
rehearsed. needed a rehearsal was
couple more lacking.
rehearsals.

Content There is an There is There is a great Topic is not Topic is missing

abundance of sufficient deal of clear; all information
material clearly information information information and does
related to the that relates to that is not included does support the
topic weather the topic, a clearly not support the topic, a weekly
map,a weekly weekly connected to topic, a weekly forecast, and a
forecast, and a forecast, and a the topic,a forecast, and a weather report
weather report weather report weekly weather report of the city of
of the city of of the city of forecast, and a of the city of study.
study. study. weather report study.
of the city of
study.

Props and dress The student The student The student The student The student
code (visuals) uses several uses 1-2 props uses 1-2 props uses no props uses no
props (should that make the during the OR the props props.(should
include a presentation presentation, chosen distract include a formal
formal dress better.(should which are from the dress code,
code, include a formal somewhat presentation microphone,
microphone, dress code, effective. (should camera, and/or
camera, and/or microphone, (should include a formal any other
any other camera, and/or include a formal dress code, resource you
resource you any other dress code, microphone, might consider
might consider resource you microphone, camera, and/or to show
to show might consider camera, and/or any other considerable
considerable to show any other resource you work/creativity
work/ considerable resource you might consider to enhance the
creativity to work/creativity might consider to show presentation)
to show considerable
considerable work/creativity
 enhance the to enhance the work/creativity to enhance the
presentation). presentation). to enhance the presentation).
presentation).

Enthusiasm Facial Facial Facial Very little use No facial

expressions expressions and expressions and of facial expressions nor
and body body language body language expressions or body language.
language sometimes are used to try body language. Did not
generate a generate a to generate Did not generate any
strong interest strong interest enthusiasm, but generate much interest in the
and and enthusiasm seem interest in the topic being
enthusiasm about the topic somewhat topic being presented.
about the topic in others. faked. presented.
in others.

Acting/Dialogue The student The student The student The student The student did
uses consistent often uses tries to use tells the story not tell the
voices, facial voice, facial voices, facial but does not story nor uses
expressions, expressions, expressions, use voices, voices, facial
and and movements and movements facial expressions, or
movements to to make the to make the expressions, or movement, to
make the characters more characters more movement to make the
character more believable and believable and make the storytelling
believable and the story more the story more storytelling more
the story more easily easily more interesting or
easily understood understood interesting or clear
understood considering an considering an clear considering an
considering an appropriate set appropriate set considering an appropriate set
appropriate set (no background (no background appropriate set (no background
(no noise) noise) (no background noise)
background noise)
noise)

Audience Points made in Presented facts Some related Incoherent; the Lacks complete
Response a very creative with some facts but went audience lost coherent
way and held interesting off-topic and interest and information: the
the audience's "twists"; held lost the could not audience lost all
attention the audience's audience; determine the interest and
throughout. attention most mostly point of the could not
of the time. presented facts presentation. determine the
with little or no point of the
imagination. presentation.
 Timing and The video The video keeps The video has Most of the No evidence of
Professionalism keeps the most audiences some parts that video is not time of
audience interested and do not hold the authentic and consideration
interested and engaged. audience does not grasp throughout the
engaged. interested and the interest of video.
Correct Few errors in engaged. More an audience. Submission is
spelling, spelling than 5 errors in Most of the missing
grammar and grammar and spelling video contains altogether.
punctuation. punctuation. grammar and spelling
No informal punctuation. grammar and
language is No informal Some informal punctuation
used. language is language is errors. A lot of
Submitted on used. used. The video informal
time and is less than 2.5 language is
within the The video minutes or used in the
time-frame of length is within exceeds 5 video.
2.5-5 minutes. parameters and minutes.
submitted on The Video
time and within exceeds or is
the 2.5-5 less than set
minutes parameters of
2.5-5 minutes.

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