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Build Your Own Weather Station

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Studens experiment with temperatures. In this science instructional activity, students make their own weather station by heating one bottle and keeping the water in another bottle at room temperature.
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Different Weather

For Students K - 1st
In this weather activity, students match pictures of different weather to items that go with them, 3 total. A reference web site for additional activities is given.
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Weather Chop: Word Puzzle

For Students 3rd - 4th
For this weather word puzzle worksheet, students put words about weather that have been "chopped in half" back together, writing the completed words on lines beneath.
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Weather Cryptogram

For Students 4th - 5th
In this weather worksheet, students unscramble words, place the correct letter in boxes, then use the boxes to complete the answer to a riddle. Worksheet contains a link to additional activities.
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Meteorologist for the Day

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders examine the symbols used on weather maps. They analyze a newspaper weather forecast and identify and discuss the various symbols used on the map. Next, they prepare a weather map for their own city using the symbols...
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Fact Or Fiction

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students demonstrate their ability to distinguish between fact and fiction. Students identify the features of weather-related adages and proverbs. After reviewing several weather adages, students explain whether they are based in fact.
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Here Today, Gone Tomorrow

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners study the difference between chemical and physical weathering. They explore the effects of climate on the weathering process.
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Storm Watch: Knowing What To Do

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars study the different types of weather and how storms form.  In this weather lesson plan students make their own "tornado in a bottle" and create brochures.
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Conducting and Analyzing Local Studies

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Young scholars carry out the class weather study: recording, organizing and discussing data daily and keeping track of this work in their journals. They look for patterns and relationships in data, link these with what they know and with...
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The Forecast Factory

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students role play weather forecasting activities. They investigate weather forecasting processes such as equations, data analysis, announcing by role playing in a large lecture hall.
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Mira: Activity 10

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students read the story, Mira and then draw a picture of their favorite weather using the story as a background. They post their pictures around the room and make a tally chart of the number of pictures that were drawn with various...
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Plop! Plop! Fizz! Fizz!

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders study physical and chemical weathering. They explain how the processes of weathering and erosion change and move materials that become soil. They create a K-W-L chart to show what they know and list what else they would...
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Soil Formation

For Students 9th - 12th
For this soil formation worksheet, learners will review examples of chemical weathering and biological weathering. Students will also review the different soil layers and how they are created. This worksheet has 6 matching, 5 multiple...
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Bellwork for Week 11

For Students 7th - 9th
In this bellwork worksheet, students answer questions about chemical and mechanical weathering, particle size, and the soil profile at the start of class.
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Create a Tornado

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students study weather patterns and conditions by making their own tornado. In this tornado lesson, students create a tornado in a bottle to study weather conditions.
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Finding Wind Direction

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students identify the wind direction. In this weather activity, students use a weather vane to find the wind direction. Students complete a worksheet.
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Meteorology Madness

For Teachers 4th
Students probe the dynamic weather changes through several hands-0n activities in this seven lessons unit. The hydrologic cycle, clouds, atmosphere, air movement, fronts, and forecasting form the components presented in this unit.
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It's A Blue, Blue Monday

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students create images that convey how the weather makes them feel. As a class, students discuss the way weather can effect their mood. After reading several passages describing the weather, students use vivid descriptions and...
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Air Pressure and Wind

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders study air pressure and learn how it can change the weather. In this air pressure lesson, 5th graders study the given diagrams and complete the experiments to learn how air pressure can change the weather. Students read...
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Shake, Rattle and Roll

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students compare the weathering of materials. in this weathering lesson, students experiment with the chemical and physical weathering of different materials. Students use salt and water as an example of how weathering occurs.
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Elders Predict Snow

For Teachers K - 4th
Students interview Native Indians to learn their ways for predicting and measuring snowfall. In this weather measurement lesson plan, students invite a Native Elder to their classroom to tell them about how they predicted weather....
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Observing Sea Ice

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students study and observe types of sea ice found in Alaska. In this sea ice lesson, students use the student network for observing weather to study the different types of sea ice. Students study sea ice depicted in Alaskan art.
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Sensational Seasons

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore how seasonal weather patterns affect temperature and their lives.
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Cold Fronts And Warm Fronts

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
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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