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Weather Fronts: Understanding the Movement of Air
Students study various types of weather fronts and what happens to air at different temperatures. In this investigative activity students draw various weather fronts and show the movement of the air then they observe demonstrations of...
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Stormy Skies
Young meteorologists examine the four main types of weather fronts and how they appear on a weather map. Participants learn about the difference between the types of weather fronts along with their distinguishing features. A...
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Weather Watchers
Young scholars identify basic weather instruments and how they are used to record weather data. Students define several vocabulary terms as stated in lesson plan. Young scholars use basic instruments to record weather data in their area....
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Weather Patterns and Seasonal Changes
Get your class outside to observe their surroundings with a activity highlighting weather patterns and seasonal changes. First, learners take a weather walk to survey how the weather affects animals, people, plants, and trees during...
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Weather Forecasting
Students examine cold, warm, and stationary fronts. They also examine the roles of relative humidity and the way air masses move. They are to create forecasts based on the information they collect. Tapes are shared with the class.
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Seasons and Weather
Students, in an open forum with the teacher, discuss the four seasons and all the activities they do during each season. They tie in all the different types of weather that is experienced during each season. In conclusion, the students...
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Weather Map
Ninth graders utilize several different types of maps to forecast weather conditions specific areas of the country. Air masses, wind, cloud types, fronts, and the pH of the rain is explored in this lesson plan.
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Weather Forecasting
Students study how to forecast the weather. In this weather forecasting lesson students read different meters and understand basic cloud formations in their relationship to weather.
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Predicting Storms and Weather
Young scholars use weather pattern worksheets to research how weather is predicted. In this weather prediction lesson plan, students predict the weather based on the wind, rain, currents, and other patterns.
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Weather Forecasting
Students discover how to read a current weather map. In this weather forecasting lesson plan, students view weather maps from three consecutive days and observe how quickly weather moves and changes. Students review key terms associated...
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Clouds and Your Weather
Seventh graders identify clouds and the weather associated with them. They use informational articles and personal weather observations to learn about the relationships between weather fronts and clouds.
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Learning Lesson: Analyzing a Weather Map
Learners use weather maps to locate warm and cold fronts. They discover the different types of weather associated with these fronts. They also observe the weather in their local area.
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Using the Synoptic Code for the Prediction of Weather
Young scholars interpret the synoptic code. They construct a thermoscreen with an anemometer. Students identify different types of clouds and understand and read barometric pressure. Young scholars predict weather pattern as they apply...
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Cold Fronts And Warm Fronts
Students simulate the movement of cold and warm fronts as they listen to a story about the weather and Mr. Sun. They brainstorm the characteristics of each type of front then write about which front they would prefer if they were a...
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Review For Weather Quiz
In this science worksheet, students review the concepts that were previously covered related to weather fronts and other types of systems.
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Fronts
Fourth graders define cold and warm fronts, explain how they are formed and they ways that they affect the weather.
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Kinds of Weather and What to Wear
Learners explore how temperature and wind contribute to types of weather. In this weather lesson, students observe an experiment in which ice, steam, and an electric fan are manipulated to produce results that simulate how fog and snow...
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Weather Investigation Through The Internet
Students explore the Earth's climatic regions and their characteristics. Using the Internet, they evaluate regional vegetation, agriculture, and population density. Students name and describe instruments that measure weather. They...
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Interpreting Weather Station Symbols
In this science worksheet, middle schoolers look at the symbols on the map and make interpretations about temperature or other conditions to master the weather knowledge in the four problems.
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Weather Predictions
Students play the role of weather personalities by making five day forecasts based on data gathered from observations, weather instruments, and weather maps. Each day a small group makes a class forecast for the next day and reviews the...
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Cloud Types
Students examine cloud types. In this cloud lesson, students identify cloud types, observe clouds and collect data, and analyze data to identify the most common cloud they observe overhead during the course of a month.
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Weather Systems
Fourth graders research weather phenomenon in groups on the Internet and create a slide for the class power point presentation. They include 5 key points (temperature, air pressure, and fronts and descriptions for each type of cloud or...
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What's Up? Clouds and Your Weather
Seventh graders identify clouds and the weather that is associated with them. In this weather instructional activity students work in groups and design their own weather map.
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Clouds
Young scholars explore clouds. In this weather lesson, students identify the steps in the water cycle, define condensation and evaporation, and relate this information to cloud formation. Young scholars perform a cloud experiment,...