Water Planet Outline

Research Report: The Water Planet 5th Grade Question Outline ~ To Guide Your Water Planet Research My topic is ______________________________ Choose “just right” resources about a specific topic. Look at the questions in your question outline. Record the answers on the note cards as you are reading. Color coding your questions and your note cards can help with organization. •

Introduction o What is the water planet? o What are some general attributes of Earth that make this “water planet” unique? o What is weather? OR What are natural disasters? OR How is it related to the “water planet”? Thesis: What is your chosen weather system, weather related topic or natural disaster?

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Definition o What are its characteristics/attributes? o How does it form? o How does it work/happen?  Provide a diagram

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Location o Where on the planet does it occur?  Provide a map

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Affects o How does it affect the planet? o How does it affect the people/animals?

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Warnings o Can it be predicted? o How is it predicted? o How is it tracked?

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Precautions o How can people avoid it?

o What can people do to protect themselves? o What can people do to protect their property? •

Severe Event o Where did a major event occur?  Provide a picture o When did the major event occur? o Did people know it was coming? o Were they prepared? o What were the results?

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