Modified 11-11-2012
Lesson Title: Reading a Weather Map Lab
Date: April 17 th , 2013
Content Area: Science
Grade Level: 7 th Grade
Standards:
List the state or national standards that you are using in this lesson.
Teacher: Ernstes
Time Required: 1 class period, 55 mins
E.ES.M.7 Weather and Climate Global patterns of atmospheric and oceanic movement influence weather and climate.
E.ES.07.74 Describe weather conditions associated with frontal boundaries (cold, warm, stationary, and occluded) and the movement of major air masses and the jet stream across North America using a weather map.
Objective:
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Students will learn how to read a weather map.
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Students will use information from a weather map to forecast the weather.
Overview:
What is the purpose of this lesson?
Materials needed: worksheet, Air Around You textbook
(pg. 54), magnifying glass, weather map appendix (pg.
159), clickers, pencil,
The students will be continuing their investigation of weather and weather forecasting.
Students will be completing their unit 5 vocab re-takes also. Students will use their knowledge from the stations to begin to really investigate weather maps and forecasting weather.
Essential Question: "How has human activity influenced the environment?"
As a result of this lesson, students will…
Understand
(big ideas, principles, generalizations, rules, the “point” of the discipline or topic within the discipline)
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Weather is determined by many factors in a given area such as temperature, humidity, pressure, wind, etc.
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Begin to use weather knowledge to predict weather.
Begin to use weather maps correctly and be able to read them and obtain needed information.
Know
(facts, vocabulary, how to’s, information that is memorizable)
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Basic definitions for the weather factors (temperature, wind, humidity, pressure, etc.)
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Basic weather map symbols and information found on the map.
Do (Skills)
(thinking skills, skills of the discipline – skills you will assess)
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Complete the lab.
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Have fun.
Steps in the Lesson:
Include ideas for whole-class instructions, differentiated activities, guided notes/practice, independent work, engagement strategies, etc…
1.
Complete Warm Up
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Students will complete the class warm up activity practicing chemical and physical properties and changes.
2.
Play Mix & Freeze Vocab Review
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Students will be reviewing the unit vocab by playing a version of stand up, hand up, pair up and quizquiz-trade. They will use cards to mix and freeze with partners.

Modified 11-11-2012
3.
Complete the Reading a Weather Map Lab (Page 55 of Air Around You textbook)
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Students will begin to use their knowledge of weather to predict weather using weather maps. This will be the first time students will be looking at a full out weather map. The activities earlier in the work were helping to give background information for students to begin doing this.
4.
Unit 5 Vocab Re-take
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Students will be getting two opportunities to re-take the unit 5 vocab for the final time this week. Today is the first.
Formative Assessment Strategies:
How will you inform yourself throughout the class period the status of the students’ understanding?
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Discussion with students
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Lab answers
Post-Assessment:
How will you collect and use data to inform your next lesson?
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Lab Answers
Additional Resources:
Any websites or materials that you used?
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