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Weather vane Teacher Resources
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Fourth graders predict the weather for their area using simple weather instruments. They take readings for a month during a season and graph their results. Students describe weather patterns based on their data and predict future weather patterns.
Fifth graders study the different types of clouds. In this weather lesson, 5th graders use the study of clouds as a gateway to studying storms, precipitation, wind and climate. This lesson utilizes teacher demonstrations and student worksheets over the course of five days.
Students construct a wind vane while learning the functionality of its parts and the effects that wind has on the weather. They study the four directions and indicate them by looking at their wind vanes.
Learners experiment with atmospheric and weather related phenomena. They familiarize themselves with weather terminology, and make weather instruments. They distinguish scientific predictions from myths and superstitions in these lessons.
Students conduct an experiment to show that air is all around us and that wind is the movement of air. They construct a weather vane to determine which direction the wind is blowing.
Students investigate the wind. They create an instrument to measure the speed of the wind and record the speed over several days. Students construct a weather vane to measure and record the direction of the wind. They investigate how the wind can be put to work and build a simple machine that is powered by the wind.
Students identify the role of the weather vane in colonial America, and determine the accuracy of almanacs in predicting the weather. students create an 18th century weathervane design.
Young readers use graphic organizers, such as Venn diagrams and story maps, to analyze a variety of folktales and the elements of a story. They use writing, sequencing activities, and creative art to identify the morals learned from a read aloud. This is a unit with at least eight lessons, and handouts are included.
Pupils complete activities to learn about wind. In this wind instructional activity, students study wind in an open field and use a kite to complete their observations. Pupils make a series of drawings to show how they flew their kites and explain the process of flying a kite.
Young scholars construct a pendulum using a washer and thin fishing line. In this earth science lesson, students simulate Earth's rotation using the pendulum bob and swivel chair. They explain how this activity proves that the Earth is indeed rotating.