WEATHER WONDERSTHE STUDENTS FOR WHOM THIS LESSON IS INTENDED IS FIFTH GRADERS ENROLLED IN A

GENERAL SCIENCE CLASS. THERE ARE 20 STUDENTS ALL TOGETHER, 9 GIRLS, AND 11 BOYS. THE MAJORITY OF THE CLASS IS WHITE, MIDDLE CLASS AMERICANS WHO LIVE IN A RURAL SETTING. THERE ARE 2 AFRICAN AMERICAN CHILDREN AND 1 HISPANIC CHILD. ALL THESE CHILDREN ARE

GENERALLY WELL BEHAVED AND TEND TO OBEY RULES.

MAIN OBJECTIVE

STUDENTS WILL DEFINE MANY TERMS AND UNDERSTAND WEATHER IN MORE DETAIL BY PARTICIPATING IN ACTIVITIES, SUCH AS: BUILDING A TORNADO IN A BOTTLE, MAKING A PODCAST

OF THEIR FAVORITE TYPE OF WEATHER, PARTICIPATE IN A WEBQUEST ABOUT BEING A METEOROLOGIST, AND MUCH MORE. THESE STUDENTS WILL HAVE 5 DAYS TO REVIEW AS A GROUP

AND INDIVIDUALLY WITH 100% ACCURACY.

MONDAY• EXPLAIN THE FORM OF RAIN AND HOW IT IS CAUSED.

• PROVIDE A POSTER ILLUSTRATING THE WATER CYCLE (NEXT SLIDE)

• USING THE SMARTBOARD, SHOW THE WATER CYCLE: HTTP://WWW.GYNZY.COM/EN/#!/ITEMS/SCIENCE/WATER-CYCLE/18/955

• HAVE CHILDREN RESPOND TO A BLOG GIVING EXAMPLES OF AREAS WHERE THEY HAVE HEARD ABOUT FLOODS OCCURING AND IF THEY HAVE EVER WITNESSED ONE. HTTP://REBEKAHSBLOGS1.BLOGSPOT.COM/

SHOW CHILDREN THE PROCESS OF THE WATER CYCLE BY PROVIDING THIS POSTER:

TUESDAY• DISCUSS HOW A TORNADO IS FORMED AND WHAT CAUSES IT.

• PROVIDE A POSTER DEMONSTRATING HOW THEY ARE FORMED. (NEXT SLIDE)

• SHOW A VIDEO OF HOW TO BUILD A TORNADO IN A BOTTLE, THEN CREATE ONE IN CLASS. HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?FEATURE=PLAYER_DETAILPAGE&V=QUQ8IS2HPOW

• ALLOW CHILDREN TO FOLLOW: HTTPS://TWITTER.COM/USTORNADOES, THEN HAVE THE CHILDREN WRITE A BRIEF PAPER ABOUT ONE OF THE FACTS THAT THEY LEARNED ABOUT TORNADOES.

PROVIDE THIS POSTER TO THE CHILDREN SO THEY UNDERSTAND HOW TORNADOES ARE FORMED.

WEDNESDAY• DISCUSS HOW HURRICANES ARE FORMED AND WHAT THEY ARE.

• GIVE THE CHILDREN THE OPPURTINITY TO POST COMMENTS ON THE CLASS FACEBOOK PAGE ABOUT RECENT HURRICANES AND HOW IT HAS AFFECTED THEM. HTTPS://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/MRSM8RS5THGRADECLASS/INFO

• CREATE STATIONS IN THE CLASSROOM, EACH ONE HAVING A QR THAT THE STUDENTS WILL SCAN. EACH QR WILL HAVE A DIFFERENT VIDEO.

QR 1: QR 2: QR 3:

THURSDAY• DEFINE LIGHTNING AND THUNDERSTORMS.

• CHILDREN WILL BE ALLOWED TO LISTEN TO THUNDERSTORM SOUNDS AS WELL AS READ FACTS ABOUT THEM THROUGH: HTTP://THUNDERSTORMSOUNDS.BLOGSPOT.COM/

• THEY WILL POST ON THE CLASS FACEBOOK PAGE WHAT THEY THINK OF THUNDERSTORMS. WHETHER THEY LIKE THEM OR DO NOT, OR IF THEY ARE AFRAID OF THEM. HTTPS://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/MRSM8RS5THGRADECLASS/INFO

FRIDAY• HAVE CHILDREN PARTICIPATE IN A WEBQUEST INVOLVING HOW TO BECOME A METEOROLOGIST:

HTTP://ZUNAL.COM/CONCLUSION.PHP?W=215657

• HAVE CHILDREN CREATE A PODCAST OF WHAT THEIR FAVORITE TYPE OF WEATHER IS AND WHY THEY CHOSE THAT SPECIFIC TYPE.