Objectives for the weather project were created during the summer "ecoach" training where teachers from each discipline and grade level worked together to establish realistic goals for the project work at each grade level.

Kindergarten students will:

1. Know that learning can come from careful observation.
2. Know that events can be repeated several times to compare the findings.
3. Be able to recognize simple weather icons used in broadcasting.
4. Be able to recognize that weather has a distinct pattern.
5. Be able to take digital pictures and assist the MS and HS in creating the final product (virtual field trip).

Middle School students will:

1. Understand the difference between a green space and a white space.
2. Understand the reasons for the difference in weather conditions for a green space and a white space.
3. Understand how to collect and analyze data using weekly and three week averages.
4. Be able to use Excel to create bar graphs and draw conclusions from the graphed data.
5. Be able to take video, edit video, create voice over and put together a virtual tour of a green space and white space.  The same knowledge will enable the students to use the same capabilites to create virtual tours of other areas.

High School students will:

English I w/RD:

1. Develop an understanding of the vocabulary used to describe weather situations and specific dangerous patterns.
2. Use reading, research, and synthesizing strategies to extract appropriate data from approved websites about how certain weather conditions impact either green or white space.
3. Enhance their writing and technology skills to create a simulated news event
4. Increase speaking and viewing skills as they analyze and critique the team projects.
5. Enable improvement with skills involved in the English project so they will be successful with the collaborative project of a virtual field trip.

English II with Reading Emphasis

1. Utilizing poetry, students will read, interpret, and synthesize Shakespeare’s sonnet, "...Summer’s Day." 
   
2. Beginning with basic vocabulary, students will define and use such words within the sonnet as temperate, winds, too hot, fair.
   
3. Students will write weather related poetry in sonnet form adding weather verbiage and terms.
   

ESE/ESOL

1. Using eLibrary or other sites from the science class, students will know how to search for a website about an assigned topic, read an article on it, and choose an appropriate means  (facts, questions, a summary, chart, graph, picture, etc.) to share information from the article.
2. Using Kurzweil, students open and view written documents from other students or websites. The Kurzweil program accomodates struggling students by providing the student with a printed text, the student then can highlight the written text, and the  information is read aloud or individually via headset. The Kurweil program actively involves the struggling reader in class activities and provides a sense of success.  Kurzweil is a great tool to use for testing these struggling students.
3. Students will learn reading strategies (predicting, prereading, questioning, summarizing, paraphrasing, vocabulary in context, etc.) to increase their comprehension while reading an assignment in the text book and other materials. 
4. Students will increase their ability to solve problems regarding the language of questions assigned, thus increasing their ability to answer test questions.