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- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students examine weather and climate, and explain the use of weather instruments. They also describe the causes of Earth's seasons and the positive and negative influences that weather has on our environment. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students create advertisements for a weather instrument. They conduct Internet research, write a descriptive and persuasive advertisement for the instrument using the flyer template of desktop publishing software, and print a copy that includes an image from the Internet. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students discover the functions of instruments used to help predict the weather. In groups, they use the Beaufort Scale to calculate the wind speed and a chart to determine cloud cover. They complete a worksheet to end the lesson. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th
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Students us a Weather Log data chart to record the date, time, day, and weather. They discuss different instruments and charts needed to record the information. Students turn in their weather logs at the end of two weeks and discuss how they used the data collected to predict the next day's weather. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th - 9th
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Students identify basic weather instruments and how they are used to record weather data. Students define several vocabulary terms as stated in lesson. Students use basic instruments to record weather data in their area. Students use the Internet to check short and long range forecasts. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd
- Rating
Students make predictions about weather and utilize weather instruments and weather reports. They match weather components with weather instruments, and demonstrate how to read a thermometer. Students also construct and use a wind vane and read and summarize weather reports. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th
- Rating
Students collect, record, and analyze data using simple weather instruments and a variety of weather resources to investigate weather. They observe the teacher demonstrate how a rain gauge functions, record the weather for five days, and predict weather predictions. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th
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Students comprehend how weather instruments work. They build a weather instrument, collect data, and graph the data that they collected. Students brainstrom and discuss three weather instruments to build-thermometer, barometer and windvane. They work in groups and decide which instrument they want to build. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th - 8th
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Students engage in this weather predicting lesson. They discover instrumentation used in the meteorological science. With this knowledge, they will create their own "low-tech" versions of weather instrumentation such as thermometers, barometers, and hygrometers in teams. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th
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Students 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. Full Review »
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