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Cloud and Weather Patterns
Fourth graders examine how weather patterns generally move from west to east across the United States, and how clouds are formed and are related to the water cycle. They view and discuss a PowerPoint presentation of the types of clouds,...
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Research a Severe Weather Pattern of Interest
Students select a severe weather pattern of interest (tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, lightning, hail, and thunderstorms) and research these patterns to collect data for a report they write in the next lesson.
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Weathering the Odds
Learners explore the limitations of weather forecasting and how consumer-driven weather forecasting companies attempt to meet the demand for accurate, long-term weather forecasting. They act as meteorologists, researching the weather.
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Heat Waves
Students explore weather patterns by conducting an experiment in class. In this heatwaves lesson, students identify how weather raises to an unhealthy degree and the effect it can have on people and their environment. Students utilize a...
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Weather Watch
Students examine weather patterns. In this weather lesson, students examine daily weather maps, identify weather patterns, and forecast weather based on the patterns they note.
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Weather Research
Young scholars compare and contrast weather conditions. In this weather lesson, students conduct online research to identify the weather conditions for the city they have chosen. Young scholars compare and contrast the similarities and...
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Measuring Wind Speed
Young scholars study wind speed and collect wind speed data. In this wind speed lesson, students visit a website to learn about the local wind speed forecast for their week. Young scholars discuss wind and wind speed. Students collect...
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Elders Predict Snow
Students interview Native Indians to learn their ways for predicting and measuring snowfall. In this weather measurement lesson, students invite a Native Elder to their classroom to tell them about how they predicted weather. Students...
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Weather-Air Temperature
Students complete activities to learn about changing air temperature. In this air temperature instructional activity, students study various ways to measure air temperature and learn factors that influence temperature. Students study the...
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Collect the Weather Lesson Plan
Students explore the weather. In this weather spreadsheet instructional activity, students keep track of weather patterns as they use instruments and resources to chart the data the collect in spreadsheet form.
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Hurricanes
Students study hurricanes and their patterns. In this hurricane lesson plan, students watch a video clip tracing Hurricane's Ivan's path in Alabama. Students discuss hurricanes and watch a 3-D video of Hurricane Ivan. Students visit a...
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Create a Tornado
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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Weather Patterns II
In this weather worksheet, middle schoolers use the diagram shown to explain what kinds of clouds form along the different types of air fronts. Then they describe what happens to the temperature when a particular front passes through....
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Weather Watch
Young scholars complete a series of lessons in which they study daily weather patterns and examine extreme weather conditions. They complete activities that range from visual observation of daily weather to building a weather station and...
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Defining Drought
Students examine the hydrologic impacts of drought. They look at drought from a variety of prespectives. Students first focus on the scientific definition of drought, including weather patterns, water cycles, water requirements by plants...
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Poetry in Weather
Students identify clouds outdoors using a cloud chart and then draw the types they observe. They read the poem, "Fog" by Carl Sandburg and then compose their own cloud poem using various styles of poetry.
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Brochure Writing: Severe Weather Patterns
Students observe weather patterns. They reserach important facts about severe weather. Using computer technology, students create a detailed brochure explaining six severe weather patterns.
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Weather Detectives
Second graders make weather observations and record data. They use the internet to get data on the weather. After 5 days students predict the weather for the next 3 days.
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Sensational Seasons
Second graders explore how seasonal weather patterns affect temperature and their lives.
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Water Supply
Fourth graders explore weather patterns by completing an Internet project. In this water cycle lesson, 4th graders read assigned text including a Magic School Bus book about precipitation and water. Students complete a water science...
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How's the Weather?
Students explore earth science by researching the Internet. In this weather pattern lesson plan, students utilize the website weather.com to analyze the weather in different geographic locations. Students view charts and graphs based on...
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Weather Symbols
Students study weather symbols. In this weather symbols lesson, students review the symbols for cold, warm, and stationary fronts. Students use a weather map to study the weather symbols, complete a weather illustration and prediction...
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Highs and Lows
Learners use email to chart weather patterns and then graph their findings. In this weather patterns lesson, students chart their weather for a week at the school. Learners then use email to find temperatures at a variety of locations....
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Calendar & Weather Book
Second graders track weather patterns through the school year. They take daily readings and record them in a weather book.