Tayler Brown
Da’on Darden
November 7, 2012
GRADE LEVEL CONTENT EXPECTATION
E.ES.01.31 Identify the tools that might be used to measure temperature, precipitation, cloud cover, and
wind.
LESSON OBJECTIVES – Students will be able to:
-Identify a thermometer, rain gauge, wind vane and eyes (senses) as tools for measuring weather.
-Choose appropriate tool(s) depending on weather conditions.
MATERIALS:
Book (What Will the Weather Be Like? By Lynda DeWitt), thermometers, pictures of thermometer, rain
gauge, wind vane and pair of eyes, glass jar, ruler, tape, watering can, hot and cold water, sand or soil,
five poster boards each featuring a different weather condition (windy, sunny, cloudy, rainy, snowy
days), small pictures of weather tools for each group (rain gauge, thermometer, wind vane, pair of eyes),
Post-It notes with descriptive words such as sunny, clear, windy, wet, dry, cold, warm, etc, homework
sheet for evaluation
ENGAGE:
Take students outside to observe weather conditions.
Ask them questions such as: What do you feel?, What do you see?, What do you hear?, What do you
taste?, What do you smell? Return to classroom and discuss their observations. Write responses on the
board. Ask about the previous day's weather and what they think the next day's weather will be like.
Ask students how they think weather is measured. Introduce and read the book What Will the Weather
Be Like? by Lynda DeWitt.
EXPLORE:
Show students pictures of a thermometer, rain gauge, wind vane and a pair of eyes. Ask students how
these can be used to measure weather. Allow students to discuss their thoughts. If actual tools are
available, set up a table with them displayed to allow students to explore them.
EXPLAIN:
Showing the picture of the wind vane, explain its use to show the direction from which the wind is
traveling. Make a rain gauge using a glass jar, ruler, tape, watering can and water. Explain its use to
measure the amount of rain that falls in a given area. Measure the temperature of hot and cold water,
sand or soil and the air inside and outside the classroom using a thermometer. Explain its use to
measure the temperature, which tells if something is warm or cold. Show the pair of eyes as the tool of
our senses to measure cloudiness and precipitation. Explain our sense of feeling in measuring
temperature.
ELABORATE:
Divide students into five groups. Assign each group a different weather condition picture board: clear
day, windy day, snowy day, rainy day and cloudy day. Instruct students to identify the tools and words
relevant to each situation (pictures of a rain gauge, thermometer, pair of eyes (senses), and wind vane)
(sunny, calm, warm, cold, windy, snowy, wet, dry). Upon completion allow each group to present their
board and explain their responses.
EVALUATE:
Assign students a homework sheet with pictures of the different weather tools. Have students match
words (rain gauge, thermometer, wind vane, eyes (senses)) with pictures. Collect informal evaluation
information throughout lesson by observing students' interactions and responses.