September _____ , 2016

LESSON PLAN
Grade:

Subject: Science Unit: Weather Duration: 30 min.

Outcomes from British Columbia Curriculum

Prescribed Learning Outcomes:

Suggested Achievement Indicators:

[A] Measure weather in terms of

temperature, precipitation, cloud cover,
wind speed and direction.

[A1] Systematically chart daily

temperatures using a thermometer.
[A3] Identify, chart, and illustrate daily
cloud cover.
Learning Objectives

Students will
Use the internet to search for the daily weather forecast. [this will be recorded in
their science journal]
Look outside and write down what type of weather they see.
Motivation for: This will be done daily to familiarize students with how weather
systems work and will lead to further inquiry about specific types of weather.
Assessments
Key
What is the weather like today?
Questions:
Observations:
Ensure students are documenting the weather report as well as what they see
outside.
Formative
Assessment

Daily weather data booklet

Pieces:
Summative

N/a
Materials & Equipment
Science notebooks
Pencil/eraser
Computer with access to the internet
Introduction:
ASK: How can we find out what the weather is going to be like?
Body:
SAY: Today we are going to be starting
REMIND: Make sure that you write neatly,
our daily recording of the weather. We
as we will be using this data throughout
will try to do this every day so that we
the year.
can use the data we collect to help us
with other projects.
INFORM: Once we do this together a few
SAY: We are going to start by going on
times I will rely on the stars of the day to
the weather network site. Here we will
go online, bring up the weather network
record the temperature, what the
and write down the information on the
symbol shows, and wind speed.
board for the class to copy. This will be
SAY: We are also going to write down
done quickly so we can move on to other
what the weather forecast predicts
things.
about the temperature for tomorrow.
SAY: Also, I would like you to write down
one or two quick sentences about what
you see outside. For example: Write
down how you felt outside (was it cold,
warm, raining?), and write down
anything unique or special (did you see
dark clouds, was it very windy?)
Closure:

Ms. Wall 2016

September _____ , 2016

SAY: Thank you everyone for writing down the weather, this information will be
interesting to look at once we have more data. We will be able to make some fun
projects from this data that will better help us become more aware of the weather in
our lives.
Notes/Feedback on the Lesson

Ms. Wall 2016