Earth Science: Air and Weather
Unifying Concept: Constancy and Change
Weather conditions change over time. Changes can be
organized, compared and predicted.
Investigation 1: Exploring Air
Part 1: Air is There
• Notebook Writing: “Assess Students Ideas About Air” (Teacher’s Guide,
Investigations tab, Investigation 1, p.3)
• Reading: If We Could See Air by David Suzuki
• Technology: www.fossweb.com K-2, Air and Weather, Photo Gallery,
“What Uses Air?”; websites, “Air Junk” Particles in the air
• Activity: “Compare Flat and Puffy Bags” Extended Idea (TG
Investigations tab, Investigation 1, p.11)
Part 2: Air Under Water
• Activity: “Floating and Sinking” Extended Idea (TG Investigations tab,
Investigation 1, p.14)
Part 3: Parachutes
• Technology: www.fossweb.com K-2, Air and Weather,
websites, “Parachute History”
Part 4: Pushing on Air
• Math: “Our Museum of Air Toys”, Problem A, Duplication Master #33; (TG Investigations
tab, Investigation 1, p.39)
• Activity: “Make an Air Cannon” (TG Investigations tab, Investigation 1, p.40)
Part 5: Air and Water Fountain
Part 6: Balloon Rocket
• Notebook Writing: “Air Performance Assessment” (TG,
Assessment tab, p.8) Assessment Duplication Master #7
• Reading: “What Is All around Us?” (Air and Weather ; FOSS
Science Stories, p.3-6 and TG Science Stories tab p.2-3)
www.fossweb.com Science Stories for K-2 available as audio
book.
• Activity: “Send Air Through a Garden Hose” (TG Investigations
tab, Investigation 1, p.40)
Investigation 2: Observing Weather
Part 1: Weather Calendars
• Notebook Writing: “Explore Weather Lore” (TG, Investigations tab, Investigation 2,
p.29)
• Reading: I Call It Sky by Will C. Howell
• Reading: What’s the Weather Today by Allan Fowler
• Reading: What Will the Weather Be? By Lynda DeWitt
• Math: “Keep Track of Hourly Weather” “Record Sunrise and Sunset” (TG
Investigations tab, Investigation 2, p.31)
Submitted by Dorene Calvin and Katherine Worden – June 2007
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Math: “Look for weather graphs in the newspaper” (TG Investigations tab, Investigation 2,
p.32)
Technology: “Weather Dude” www.wxdude.com/ksdres.html “Franklin’s Forecast”
www.fi.edu/weather/index.html
“Weather Underground” www.wunderground.com
“Weather Wiz Kids” www.weathersizkids.com
Technology: www.fossweb.com K-2, Air and Weather, “What’s the Weather” Dress the
Weather Bear to Match the Temperature; websites “National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration”, “National Sever Storms Laboratory”, “National Weather Service
Homepage”, “National Weather Service/Interactive Weather Information Network”,
“National Weather Service: Lightning Safety”, “NOVA Online: Storm Chasers”, “USA
Today Weather”
Activity: “Create Meteorologist Tool Kit” Duplication Master #14 (TG Investigations tab,
Investigation 2, p.28)
Activity: “Compare Weather Reports” (TG Investigations tab, Investigation 2, p.32)
Part 2: Measuring Temperature
• Math: “Numbers on the Thermometer” Problem A, Investigation
Duplication Master #35 (TG Investigations tab, Investigation 2, p.29)
• Math: “Make a Temperature Graph” (TG Investigations tab, Investigation
2, p.31)
• Activity: “Play I’m Going to the Park” (TG Investigations tab, Investigation
2, p.31)
Part 3: Watching Clouds
• Reading: “What’s The Weather Today?” (Air and Weather ; FOSS
Science Stories, p.7-13 and TG Science Stories tab p.4-5)
www.fossweb.com Science Stories for K-2 available as audio book.
Reading: The Cloud Book by Tomie DePaola
Reading: Clouds by Gail Saunders-Smith
Technology: www.fossweb.com K-2, Air and Weather,
websites “I Know That: Science Lab” Weather, “Types of
Clouds”
• Activities: “Create Foggy-Day or Cloud Pictures”, “Go Cloud
Watching”, “Make Spilt-Milk Images” (TG Investigations tab,
Investigation 2, p.30)
Home/School Connection: “Make a Cloud Window”, Duplication
Master #42 (TG Investigations tab, Investigation 2, p.32)
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Part 4: Measuring Rain
• Notebook Writing: “Draw a Picture and Write a Weather
Observation” Assessment Duplication Master #5 (TG
Assessment tab, p.8)
Reading: Water Dance by Thomas Locker
Math: “Rain Gauge” Problem B, Investigations Duplication
Masters #36 (TG Investigations tab, Investigation 2, p.29)
Math: “Watch Snow Melt” (TG Investigations tab, Investigation
2, p.32)
Technology: www.fossweb.com K-2, Air and Weather, websites
“How Do Rainbows Form”
Activities: “Listen to Weather Music” (TG Investigations tab,
Investigation 2, p.30)
Home/School Connection: “Make a Rain Gauge”, Duplication Master Teacher Sheet #13
(TG Investigations tab, Investigation 2, p.32)
Submitted by Dorene Calvin and Katherine Worden – June 2007
Investigation 3: Wind Exploration
Part 1: Bubbles in the Wind
• Notebook Writing: “Students Write Stories and Poems
About Wind” The Wind by Monique Felix
(TG
Investigations tab, Investigation 3, p.34)
• Reading: Can You See the Wind by Allan Fowler
• Math: “Graph and Compare Speeds of Animals and
Wind” (TG Investigations tab, Investigation 3, p.34)
• Technology: www.fossweb.com K-2, Air and Weather,
websites “Wind Mapping With Bubbles”
Part 2: Wind Speed
• Reading: When a Storm Comes Up by Allan Fowler
• Technology: www.fossweb.com K-2, Air and Weather,
websites “Observatory/Weather”
Part 3: Pinwheels
• Activity: “Whirligigs” Duplication Master #43 (TG Investigations tab,
Investigation 3, p.36)
Part 4: Wind Vanes
• Reading: “Understanding the Weather” (Air and Weather ; FOSS
Science Stories, p.14-17 and TG Science Stories tab p.6-7)
www.fossweb.com Science Stories for K-2 available as audio
book.
Part 5: Kites
• Technology: “Research Kite Culture and History” (TG
Investigations tab, Investigation 3, p.34)
• Activities: “Create a Wind Catcher” “Design a Kite” (TG
Investigations tab, Investigation 3, p.35)
Investigation 4: Looking for Change
Part 1: Weather Graphs
• Math: “Look for Weather Graphs in the Newspaper” (TG Investigations tab, Investigation
4, p.26)
• Technology: www.fossweb.com K-2, Air and Weather, websites “Journey North: A Global
Study of Wildlife Migration” Weather and Migration
Part 2: Comparing the Seasons
• Notebook Writing: “Create Seasonal Acrostic
Investigation 4, p.25)
Poems” (TG Investigations
Submitted by Dorene Calvin and Katherine Worden – June 2007
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Reading: “Seasons” (Air and Weather ; FOSS Science Stories, p.18-23 and TG Science
Stories tab p.8-9) www.fossweb.com Science Stories for K-2 available as audio book.
Reading: A Tree for All Seasons by Robin Bernard
Math: “Compare Rainfall”, Problem A, Duplication Master #39; “Seasonal Temperatures”,
Problem B, Duplication Master #40 (TG Investigations tab, Investigation 4, p.25-26)
Activity: Home/School Connection “Looking for Change” Duplication Master #44 (TG
Investigations tab, Investigation 4, p.27)
Part 3: The Night Sky
• Reading: The Moon Book by Gail Gibbons
• Reading: The Moon Seems to Change by Franklyn M. Branley
• Technology: www.fossweb.com K-2, Air and Weather, websites “How to Star Watch”
Submitted by Dorene Calvin and Katherine Worden – June 2007