• Recognizing instruments used to observe weather

• Examples:   thermometer, rain gauge, wind sock, weather vane

• Recording weather data using weather journals, charts, and maps

Seasons – A Collaborative Thematic Unit
Students will be able to associate the seasons with calendar months; compare the weather and clothing of each season; identify the holidays that occur during each season; and know the activities appropriate for each season.

Hurricane Virtual Field Trip
Students will learn what a hurricane is, and how and where they are formed.

How Does the Wind Blow?
Children will discover how air makes things move and how different forces make things move more.

Forcasting
Forecasting is an interactive lesson about weather forecasting. Students have different forecasting tricks explained to them and are encouraged to try these tricks on their own time.

What’s the Weather?
Daily weather observations are recorded and then summarized at the end of the week in the form of a bar graph.

Thermometers: What is the Temperature?
In this lesson students will learn more about heat energy by measuring temperature using a thermometer. They will also learn to read temperature and explain what should be worn in different seasons of the year.

Cloud Watching
In this lesson students observe clouds, draw them, color the drawings, and classify the drawings.

Measure Rainfall
This lesson provides materials for measuring rainfall.

Where Does Wind Come From?
Students will be introduced to the effects that heat has on creating wind.
 

Seasons Research/Informational Sites/Lesson Plans/Activities 

The Disaster Spot Information about natural disasters and how to protect yourself

Weather Instruments Resource containing some of the basic weather instruments used

Science Online A must see! Great site for links to Blueprint Skills, Lesson Plans, Topical Sites, Interactive Websites for Students and Worksheets

Science Clips You will find an alphabetical list of science interactive movie clips.

Weather Song This website offers a weather song to the tune of “Oh My Darling.”

Dan’s Wild Weather Page This website is from meteorologist Dan Satterfield of WHNT-TV in Huntsville, Alabama. The site has games, activities, and resource pages.

Make Your Own Weather Station This website offers instructions for making tools for measuring weather.

Cloud Boutique This website provides descriptions and pictures of the different types of clouds.

Hurricane Resources This website has links to general hurricane resources.

Weather Teaching Theme This website offers a lot of resources about weather.

Suggestions for English Language Learners (ELLs):
(E/B=Entering/Beginning, D=Developing, E=Expanding) 

E/B: Name/point to different kinds of weather.
E/B: Illustrate today's weather.
E/B: Draw a simple weather map.
D: Listen to a video of the weather forecast (online).
D: Chart the daily weather for a month (draw a picture of the weather for each day).
E: Announce a simple weather report to the class (using the calendar). (i.e."Today is sunny.")
E: Write a simple sentence about the weather for that day and illustrate it.
E: E-mail another student in another state, ask about their weather.
E: Describe how the school's weather differs from that of a school in another state.
E/B, D, E: Select an article of clothing and place it in the appropriate box: hot, rainy, or cold.
E/B, D, E: In small groups, have students choose one of three weather conditions and then paste pictures showing that weather onto a circle. The next day have students cut out examples of clothing a person would wear in that weather and paste them on the other side of the circle. D, E (and E/B if they are able): Face a partner, while holding their circle, and explain the characteristics of the weather shown on one side of their circle. Then, flip the circle over and point to and name the articles of clothing. Then let their partner share and then switch partners and keep sharing as time permits.
 

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