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Welcome to the Weather Wiki!

 * This wiki will demonstrate understanding of 6th grade Science Content Standards and their Essential Learnings as they relate to weather.**
 * You will be working somewhat independently to construct your own knowledge of weather concepts, and will be held accountable for the Science Standards.
 * You will may be constructing evidence of your learning in this wiki, which is viewable by anyone with web access. As such, you'll need to practice Internet Safety and Internet Etiquette,and be sure your information, spelling and grammar are accurate.
 * You'll need to provide Citations for information, images or other media you use.
 * Your final project ideas are provided in a link below. They must be completed first. Then, if you'd like to go further into weather-land, and have the time, you may do additional projects that may include, but will not be limited to, weather prediction, a weather dictionary of sorts here in the wiki, and information regarding the origin and validity of "old wives' tales" related to weather.
 * Working independently will require a committment to learn and stay focused. Working independently does not mean you are all on your own, though. You may ask Mrs. Hodges, Ms. O'Brien or Mrs. Marquardt for help when you need it. If they are not available to answer questions when you have them, leave your question on the discussion tab of the home page. We'll be checking that tab daily, and answer questions as best as we can. : ) Mrs. M will give you instructions on how to use the discussion tab.
 * Quick tip: Create all your text in Word, and then copy and paste into the wiki. Why? Word has spell check, and you can save your files on your H drive--if something gets accidentally erased, you'll have a back-up!
 * Slow down a bit and read everything carefully. All the information you need to be successful with this project is here. Make a plan and stay focused!

**Pages and Information for your project:**
Click here for the 5 Big Ideas

Click here to see the Science Standards and how they relate to your learning.

Click here for our Resources page. We'll place links to good weather sites and other resources here.

Click here to start your Weather Dictionary.

Click here to post your Weather Experiments and their results.

Click here to post your information about Weather Related Old Wives' Tales

Click here for a list of Project Ideas

Click here for Due Dates, Grading and More from Mrs. Hodges.

Here is a place: Planning for you to "write down" ideas for your projects, and plan out who does what and by when.

**Wiki Stuff:**
Click here for general information about How Wikis Work

Click the Sandbox for a place to practice your wiki skills without messing up your projects.



