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The Weather Around US

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The Weather Around Us

Ashley, Kristin, Gloria, Amber, & Mindi

Teaching Weather in the Classroom

• Used across the curriculum and age groups

• Everyday, life changing experience

• Strikes children’s curiosity

Weather Fronts

• 2nd Grade Lesson Plan: Language Arts

Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs by: Judi Barrett

• Students learn about a town called Chewandswallow and the unusual weather the town encounters.

• Students will produce a class book.– Creative writing assignment– Art project

– Next

Lightning

3rd Grade Lesson Plan: ScienceMake Lightning

– Students learned that lightning is caused by static electricity in thunder clouds due to convection of warm and cool air masses.

– Students do an experiment making lightning.

Clouds

• 4th Grade Lesson Plan: Language Arts– The Cloud Book

by: Tomie dePaola

– Students learn about different types of clouds.

– The students create their own cloud booklet.• Students make clouds using cotton balls.• Students write sentences about each cloud.

Sample available for viewing.

Tornado

• 6th Grade Lesson Plan: Science

– Students construct and observe a tornado model to identify the characteristics of a real tornado.

– Students become familiar with tornado facts, including how they are created as well as their destructive potential.

Seasons

• 8th Grade Lesson Plan: Science

– Students will understand the concept of how and why the seasons occur.

– Students will observe a demonstration of how the suns rays strike the earth.

– The angle of the sun’s rays effects the temperature of the earth.

– Next

Hurricanes

• 8th Grade Lesson Plan: Language Arts

• The students are introduced to: Josie and the Hurricane

By: Nancy Wood

• Students become familiar with factual information on an actual hurricane in history.

• Students will compose a narrative story involving themselves in a hurricane.

Next

Handouts• Hurricane

• Tornado Safety

• Tornado Facts

• Rain Stick

•Tornado in a Bottle

•Tornado Grading Rubric

•Raining in the Classroom

Extensions

Weather Forecasting

Students could apply knowledge to predict the daily/weekly weather.

Next

Storm Damage

• Students assess aftermath of storms.

• Next

Raining in the Classroom

• Audience involved activityEverybody get ready and

LETS HEAR IT RAIN!

• Thanks for your cooperation…

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The Weather Around US

Ashley, Kristin, Gloria, Amber, & Mindi