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42 Meteorology and spreadsheets Lesson Plans
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- Grade Range
- 4th - 6th
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Students access The Weather Underground: Current Conditions via internet. They obtain temperature, cloud cover, and wind speed for a given city. They enters weather data into a spreadsheet. They calculate averages and create X-Y line charts. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th
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Students collect weather data and use the computer to record and analyze the data. Once enough data is collected and reported, students attempt to predict the weather based on patterns they've discovered. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students use instruments to record and predict the weather. In addition, they study to graph and compare weekly, monthly, and seasonal weather observations. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students determine that precipitation is one of the three stages of the water cycle and how it relates to the other stages. They participate in an online scavenger hunt. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 8th - 12th
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Students should log onto, and collect data from, a specific site on the Internet. They average and compare the data using the Excel spreadsheet program, make predictions from their data, and determine the percent error of their predictions. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th
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Students discover how to use real time data by tracking the precipitation in Arizona. Using an Excel spreadsheet, they record their predictions for ten consecutive days. They analyze their predicted data with the actual precipitation after 10 days. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 8th
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Students discover how to observe the changing properties of the atmosphere such as: temperature, humidity, wind direction and speed, air pressure, solar radiation, cloudiness, and precipitation. They use spreadsheets to display and analyze information. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students retrieve and interpret data on the distribution of selected estuarine animals at various stages in their life history. They compare the distribution of selected species in two or more estuaries and draw inferences about the ecology of the estuaries. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students collect weather data on a daily basis from a weather reporting station at a nearby airport via the internet. They complete a set of hand drawn and computer generated charts and graphs. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students read and relate the poem, "Clouds" by Aileen Fisher to a demonstration on cloud formation. They create clouds in jars using ice water and matches then discuss the ways clouds can be used to predict weather. Full Review »
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