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Trends Forecasting

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Students practice trends forecasting to predict the weather. For this forecasting lesson plan, students learn how meteorologists predict the weather by looking at weather trends. They then predict their own forecast, analyze the results, and look on the internet for weather forecasts.

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making predictions, weather forecasting, weather, meteorology

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analyze results, predictions, trends forecasting, weather forecast, science
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Grade
4th - 6th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
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For Teacher Use
Duration
2 days
Instructional Strategies
Project-Based Learning
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