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Unit: Weather
Big Ideas & Essential
Questions
* Where does rain come from?
Why do puddles disappear?
What makes clouds?
*Weather changes from day to
day and week to week.
*Weather features include
temperature, precipitation,
wind, and cloud cover.
*Weather features can be
measured qualitatively by
using the senses and
quantitatively by using
instruments, such as
thermometers and rain and
wind gauges.
*Because water changes form
depending on the temperature,
precipitation has different
forms.
*Weather affects the clothing
humans wear and the type of
shelter we need.
*Animals’ skin, fur, feathers,
and behaviors can change, so
that animals may protect
themselves from weather.
Revised July 2014
Kindergarten Science Course Curriculum
Approx. Time Allotment: 8 - 10 weeks
Concepts and Competencies
Students will develop a basic
awareness and understanding of
weather, its features and its effect
on their daily lives through
observations and activities.
Skills Set:
a) Observe the weather by using
students’ five senses.
b) Discuss and record information
and statistics about weather
features.
c) Use simple tools to estimate
wind speed and measure
temperature and rainfall.
d) Observe differences in types of
clouds.
e) Conduct experiments and draw
conclusions about appropriate
clothing for different types of
weather.
f) Organize weather data on
graphs and long term data
collection charts.
g) Interpret and summarize longterm weather data.
Standards
and
Eligible
Content
Key
Vocabulary
Materials and
Resources
Suggested Activities / labs
and assessments (formative
& summative)
STC Weather kit
3.1.K.A9
3.1.K.B6
3.1.K.C4
3.2.K.A6
3.2.K.B7
3.3.K.A5
3.3.K.A7
3.3.K.B3
Air
Atmosphere
Cirrus
Cloud
Cumulus
Evaporate
Float
Freezing
Gas
Melt
Meteorologist
Precipitation
Rain gauge
Season
Spring
Stratus
Summer
Temperature
Thermometer
Water cycle
Weather
Winter
Graphs
Thermometer
Lead students to observe, describe
and discuss daily weather,
including the use of appropriate
clothing, wind speed,
thermometers, results of simple
experiments, clouds, and weather
forecasts through hands-on
investigation.
Have students organize and record
the various information about
weather on graphs, calendars,
charts, and individual record books
(My Puddle Book).
Read short fiction and nonfiction
stories about meteorologists and
weather and provide a classroom
library of appropriate books on the
subject.
Required Assessment:
STC Final Assessment 4;
completion of STC Record Sheets
A-1 and A-2. Drawing of
appropriate clothing for
temperature indicated by various
thermometers.
Suggested Assessments
STC Pre- and Post-Unit
Assessments (KWL chart), class
created and generated lists and
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*Weather patterns are related
to the seasons.
*Meteorologists are scientists
who study, observe, and
record information about the
weather and who use this
information to forecast the
weather.
*Predictions about weather
conditions allow us to make
plans to cope with severe
weather events.
Revised July 2014
Kindergarten Science Course Curriculum
charts, student science journals,
record sheets, class discussions,
individual student conferences,
teacher observation, calendar
weather data, class web on clouds,
and individual drawings.
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