Content Area
Standard
By the
end of
grade
P
2
Science
5. 4 Earth Systems Science: All students will understand that Earth operates as a set of complex, dynamic, and
interconnected systems, and is a part of the all-encompassing system of the universe.
F. Climate and Weather: Earth’s weather and climate systems are the result of complex interactions between
Strand
land, ocean, ice, and atmosphere.
Content Statement
CPI#
Cumulative Progress Indicator (CPI)
ACSSSD
Objectives
Observations and investigations form the
basis for young learners’ understanding of
weather and climate.
5.4.P.F.1
Observe and record weather.
Current weather conditions include air
movement, clouds, and precipitation.
Weather conditions affect our daily lives.
5.4.2.F.1
Observe and document daily weather
conditions and discuss how the weather
influences your activities for the day.
a. Demonstrate an interest in
objects and/or organisms.
b. Demonstrate the ability to
observe and describe objects
and/or organisms.
c. Demonstrate the ability to
observe and describe things that
are inconspicuous.
d. Define weather terms: sunny,
cloudy, raining, snowing, windy,
stormy, etc.
a. Define weather terms: sunny,
cloudy, raining, snowing, windy,
stormy, etc.
b. List the factors used to describe
weather conditions.
c. Define air movement, clouds and
precipitation.
d. Demonstrate the ability to make a
record of observations.
e. Create a list of the ways the
weather can affect our lives.
f. Demonstrate the ability to match
weather conditions and activities.
4
Weather changes that occur from day to
day and across the seasons can be
measured and documented using basic
instruments such as a thermometer, wind
vane, anemometer, and rain gauge.
5.4.4.F.1
6
Climate is the result of long-term patterns
of temperature and precipitation.
5.4.6.F.2
Identify patterns in data collected from
basic weather instruments.
a. Define weather, day, season and
measure.
b. Identify ways to take and record
measurements.
c. Demonstrate the ability to take
and record measurements.
d. Demonstrate the ability to
identify patterns in data.
e. Demonstrate the ability to use
one basic weather instrument to
record data.
f. Create a record of data collected
using one basic weather
instrument.
Create climatographs for various locations a. Define weather, climate,
around Earth and categorize the climate
temperature, precipitation and
based on the yearly patterns of
climatograph.
temperature and precipitation.
b. Demonstrate an understanding of
the difference between weather
and climate.
c. Demonstrate the ability to create
a bar graph.
d. Demonstrate the ability to create
a line graph.
e. Demonstrate the ability to
measure and record temperature.
f. Demonstrate the ability to
measure and record precipitation.
g. Identify the factors that combine
and affect an areas climate.
h. Identify the Earth’s major climate
categories.
i. List the characteristics of each
major climate.
8
Climate is influenced locally and globally
by atmospheric interactions with
landmasses and bodies of water.
5.4.8.F.2
12
Climate is determined by energy transfer
from the Sun at and near Earth’s surface.
This energy transfer is influenced by
dynamic processes, such as cloud cover
and Earth’s rotation, as well as static
conditions, such as proximity to mountain
ranges and the ocean. Human activities,
such as the burning of fossil fuels, also
affect the global climate.
5.4.12.F.2
Explain the mechanisms that cause
varying daily temperature ranges in a
coastal community and in a community
located in the interior of the country.
a. Identify the factors that influence
daily temperature.
b. Identify the factors that influence
climate.
c. List the conditions and features
that make a community “coastal”.
d. List the conditions and features
that make a community
“interior”.
e. Demonstrate the ability to
identify environmental features
(oceans, mountains) in a picture
or on a map.
Explain how the climate in regions
a. Define climate, region, weather
throughout the world is affected by
and energy transfer.
seasonal weather patterns, as well as other b. Identify the Earth’s regions.
factors, such as the addition of greenhouse c. Identify the Earth’s major climate
gases to the atmosphere and proximity to
categories.
mountain ranges and to the ocean.
d. List the characteristics of each
major climate.
e. Identify the factors that combine
to affect an areas climate.
f. Identify the dynamic processes
that influence energy transfer.
g. Explain how “greenhouse gases”
are formed.
h. Explain how “greenhouse gases”
affect the global climate.