Does the Weather Bug You A Unit Overview

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Does the Weather Bug You? A Unit Overview
An Integrated Unit containing the following
lessons Lesson 1 Buggin Around Lesson 2 Hot
Bug, Cold Bug, Warm Bug.Form Bug Lesson 3
Tracking Bad Bugs Lesson 4 Get the Bug
Out Lesson 5 Graphs Dont Bug Me Unit Projects
Authors Terri Morris, Rebecca Wharton, Dawn
Wynne Summersville Junior High School
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Lesson 1 Buggin Around

• The Student Will enjoy completing the following
  tasks
• Download and execute the program Weather Bug
  from the internet
• Explore all the unique characteristics of the
  Weatherbug
• Identify and record 5 new weather related terms

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Lesson 2 Hot Bug, Cold Bug, Warm Bug.Form Bug

• The Students will enjoy completing the following
  tasks
• Accessing the weather bug from the bottom right
  task bar
• input data found from the weather bug on an excel
  spreadsheet
• Use a formula to convert from Farenheit to Celsius

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Lesson 3 Tracking Bad Bugs

• The students will enjoy completing the following
  tasks
• Identify the various regions of the United States
  that are currently experiencing severe weather
• Access the weather bug from the bottom right tool
  bar
• Enter data into the spreadsheet
• Plot the severe weather areas on a map

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Lesson 4 Get The Bug Out

• The students will enjoy completing the following
  tasks
• Accessing the weather bug from the bottom right
  task box
• Enter information to a spreadsheet
• Compute measures of central tendency
• Formulate and hypothesize new ideas
• Organize information

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Lesson 5 Graphs Dont Bug Me

• The students will enjoy completing the following
  tasks
• Access the weather bug from the bottom right task
  bar
• Enter and edit information to a spreadsheet
• Convert temperatures from Farenheit toCelcius
• Use a spreadsheet to graph collected data
• Enter data to a United States map
• Organize and formulate new ideas

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Unit Projects

• Project 1 Buggin Out of Town
• Project 2 Real Bug Tracks
• Project 3 Morphin the Bug
• Project 4 Bug the Builder