Weather!
Learning Targets
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You will observe and describe that weather
can change throughout the day.
You will see how weather changes repeat
each season.
You will measure temperature using
thermometers and precipitation using tools
such as rain gauges.
How Do You Teach Weather?
Interactive Sites
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Water Cycle:
http://www.northcanton.sparcc.org/~elem/interactiviti
es/clouds/cloudsread.html
Eye on the Sky:
http://cse.ssl.berkeley.edu/first/EyeontheSkyWeather
Journal/index.htm
Ed Heads Weather:
http://edheads.org/activities/weather/
What is Weather:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/whatisweather/aboutw
eather/flash_menu.shtml
Smartboard Weather Activities
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Watching the Weather
Weather
What is the Temperature?
What Should We Wear? (very primary)
Graphing Weather
Using the Senses to Observe Weather
What is the Season?
Predicting the Weather
Sites to Check Out
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Weatherunderground.com
Temperature and Precipitation graph from
Weatherunderground.com for the year.
What is Weather
What is Weather?
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Where do you find weather?
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What are some words you use to describe
weather?
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Outside
Cold, snowy, rainy, sunny, etc.
What does a meteorologist do?
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A scientist who studies weather
Weather Tools
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What do we use to measure temperature?
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Why is it helpful to know the temperature?
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We use the temperature to decide what to wear and what to
do outside.
How do we measure the speed of the wind?
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Thermometers
An anemometer measures how fast the wind is blowing.
How do we measure how much rain has fallen?
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Use a rain gauge
Clouds
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How are the 3 main types of clouds alike and
different?
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What makes clouds move?
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Cirrus clouds look like feathers or cobwebs very high in the
sky
Cumulus clouds are big and fluffy.
Stratus clouds stay low and cover the sky
Wind makes clouds move
How can we tell if it is going to rain?
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When the clouds are dark and thick
Cirrus Clouds
Cumulus Clouds
Stratus Clouds
Weather Forecast
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http://www.toledoonthemove.com/
weather/
– Channel 24
– Daily Forecast
 Day, evening, next day
– 5 day forecast
– Weathercast
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recorded weather forecast
10 day trend
Pacing Guide Links
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http://www.fossweb.com/modulesK2/AirandWeather/index.html
Weather in Our Own Backyard
http://www.k12science.org/curriculum/weathe
rproj/Introductory_Activity_Lessons/lesson1w
eather_in_our_own_backyard.html
http://www.theweatherchannelkids.com/
Scholastic StudyJams: Water Cycle
Pacing Guide Links cont.
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University of Alberta: Water Cycle
http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/facilities/multi
media/uploads/alberta/watercycle.html
www.hspscience.com
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Grade 1
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Science Up Close: Seasons
Grade 2
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“What Happens During the Water Cycle?”
United Streaming
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Peep
The Four Seasons
Water Cycle Song
Magic School Bus:
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Kicks Up A Storm
All Dried Up
Wet All Over
Foldables
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Four Door Shutter
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Accordion book
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Daily weather changes
Four piece Diorama
Standing Cube
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Water Cycle
Seasonal Change
Pocket Book
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About Point—Weather
Seasons
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How does weather change in the different
seasons?
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Spring Weather
Summer Weather
Autumn or Fall Weather
Winter Weather
Is the weather the same every season.
Seasons
Spring
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In the spring time, days grow longer than
they were in the winter.
The temperature begins to increase.
Tiny green buds appear on tree branches
and flowers burst into bloom.
Grass becomes bright green again, after
being a dull winter brown.
Spring Tree
Summer
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In the summer time, insects buzz and hum
from leaf to flower.
High in a tree, bird's nests are hidden by
green leaves. There are baby birds in the
nest.
The days are long, sunny, and hot.
At this point, the earth is tilted towards the
sun.
Summer
Tree
Autumn
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Fall is a season when leaves change color
and fall off of trees.
Another name for fall is autumn.
During fall, leaves turn red, orange, yellow,
and brown.
Days grow short and cool, and crops are
harvested.
Autumn Tree
Winter
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In the winter, temperatures are colder than
any other season.
The part of earth experiencing winter is tilted
and turned far away from the sun.
There may be snow or ice in the weather
forecast.
Tree branches are bare.
Days are short and nights are long.
Winter Tree