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Weather Prediction
In this weather learning exercise, high schoolers review vocabulary words and concepts associated with predicting the weather. Students understand what a meteorologist studies. This learning exercise has 7 matching, 10 fill in the blank,...
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Weather Conditions During the Spring Monarch Migration
Students keep detailed weather records during the spring migration of the monarch butterfly. To keep track of the weather, students utilyze weather reports and instuments such as anemometers, compasses, thermometers and rain gauges.
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Weather Conditions During the Fall Monarch Migration
Students keep detailed weather records during the fall migration of the monarch butterfly. They compare weather conditions to the days they do and do not see monarchs. As a class, they graph and analyze data and send it to a university...
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Exploring Weather Websites
Students research and locate their own weather data using a weather website. They examine how to locate valid information on the www.weather.com website, and explore the website. Next, they select a city they want to visit, and compare...
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Creating Station Models
Learners work in groups to interpret weather maps. They use latitude and longitude readings to complete a worksheet together and turn in the worksheet along with the maps and a rubric.
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Weather, Migrations, and Plants
Students research the effects of day-to-day weather on animal migrations, plant growth and other seasonal events. They consult maps, observe and record local conditions, keep journals and use their collected data check hypotheses.
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Surface Meteorological Observation System (SMOS)
Students investigate local surface weather conditions. They log weather conditions for thirty days, develop a graph, plot cloud cover, and compare/contrast the graphed lines of various weather factors.
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Mapping a Refuge
Students record observations gathered while at a national wildlife refuge. In this lesson on wildlife refuges, students choose an observation spot and record seasonal changes throughout the year.
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Tracking Local Weather
In this activity, studens will use different types of weather gauges and track the local weather for a week. After the week is over, students will collect their samples, analyze the data, and compare their conclusions to local weather...
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Weather Watchers
Students practice using objective and quantitative means to describe and compare the weather. They compile weather conditions and create a spreadsheet to record their findings.
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Weather and Climate Around the World
Students explain the difference between climate and weather. They gain concepts of currents and discuss how the currents have an affect on climate and weather. Students gain knowledge of the instruments that meteorologists use to predict...
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Alice World:Tornado
Seventh graders use the Alice program and complete a world that is damaged after a tornado. In this atmospheric conditions lesson students complete an activity using the Alice program.
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Keeping a Daily Weather Log
Students create their own daily log books for recording and keeping track of the weather.
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Meteorologist for the Day
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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An Iñupiat Weather Report
Learners communicate in the Inupiat language using weather related vocabulary, numbers, and days of the week. They prepare a weather forecast and present it as if they were on a television news program. The forecast must be entirely in...
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Weather Patterns
Learners collect weather data over a thirty day period to gain an increased understanding of the weather patterns in their area. Once the data is collected, students post their finding online using a web tool. Finally, learners attempt...
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Interpreting Weather Station Symbols
In this science worksheet, middle schoolers look at the symbols on the map and make interpretations about temperature or other conditions to master the weather knowledge in the four problems.
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Weather Forecasts
In this weather worksheet, students view a weekly forecast for Bradford, United Kingdom and answer short answer questions about it. Students complete 7 questions.
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Utah Weather
Fourth graders explore Earth science by researching weather patterns on the Internet. In this Utah climate lesson plan, 4th graders discuss why each climate on our planet is exposed to different weather settings and how they are...
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Boat Safety and Water Sports - Lesson 16 - Hand Signals, Water Skiing
Lesson 16 is part of a twenty-two lesson unit on boat safety and water sports. Pupils practice the proper hand signals to retrieve a water skiier who has fallen down in the water. It is suggested to click on the resource link at the...
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DC Motor Theory
For this physics worksheet, students solve 12 problems on DC motor circuit. They make predictions and construct the corresponding circuit to verify if they are correct.
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Design Project: DC Motor
In this DC motor worksheet, the learner answers 3 open-ended questions pertaining to the design of a DC motor. The worksheet is printable and the answers are revealed online.
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The Impact
Young scholars investigate the impact inventions have on people. In this technology lesson, students explore inventions, such as the light bulb, and identify ways the invention impacted society. Young scholars design a simple project...
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Vectors
In this Algebra II worksheet, 11th graders find the sum of a pair of vectors. The two page worksheet contains a combination of nine multiple choice and free response questions. Answers are included.