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Subject Components

How can you describe What is the water cycle? How can you use weather How can you measure weather? How can you describe the wind?
Lesson EQ: weather? symbols to record weather
patterns?
2.E.2: The student will 2.E.2: The student will 2.E.2: The student will 2.E.2: The student will demonstrate 2-3.1 Explain the effects of
demonstrate an demonstrate an understanding demonstrate an understanding an understanding of the daily and moving air as it interacts with
understanding of the daily of the daily and seasonal of the daily and seasonal seasonal weather patterns. objects.
Standard and seasonal weather weather patterns. weather patterns.
patterns.

Pearson online videos Weather Journals Weather Journals Pearson online video Promethean Board (the wind)
Thermometers The Water Cycle FC BBC sites textbooks Weather Kit – Lesson 4
Thermometer charts Linda Won's The Life of Walter Weather Sounds and Symbols Weather Tools worksheet Record Sheet 4-A
Materials Red crayons Water PPT Materials to make flags
textbooks White Paper Reading a Weather Map
Crayons

Measure temperature Record weather conditions and Record weather conditions and Watch (30 sec) video “How Much The students will complete the
(morning and afternoon for 3 temperature on weather temperature on weather Rain Falls?” on Pearson Online KWL on the wind. Ask students
days) calendar. calendar. Quick Lab p13 (will need to discuss to brainstorm some words to
Record on the thermometer Students will vote on their measuring) describe the wind. Can they see
charts favorite type of weather. Ask children to think, pair, it, feel it? How do they know
Activating Strategies (this will benefit graphing Discuss with students the share the names of as many when the wind is blowing only a
skills and ability to read results. Explain that rain, sleet, different types of weather as little or hard?
thermometers and can be snow, and hail are types of they can, and make a list from
used for discussion about the precipitation. Precipitation is their suggestions
comparison between observed water that falls from the sky
temp and the hi/lo of the and is part of the water cycle.
day’s forecast)
Read p5 in the textbook and Use Water Cycle FC to Show children the animations on Use “How Can You Measure Meteorologists can use a flag to
do compare/contrast as a introduce the concept weather at Weather? Envision It” Picture and help them determine wind
class. Discuss what all the http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/w the chart on the next page (see strength and speed. A flag not
similarities and differences Watch United Streaming Video: hatisweather/aboutweather/fla arrow at bottom)—pre-assessing moving is 0 – no wind. A flag
have in common (they’re all The Magic School Bus Gets sh_menu.shtml recognition of weather instrument moving moderately is 1 – some
about weather) Wet All Over (embedded in FC) Show children a weather map (basically logic!) wind. A flag that is moving and
Watch video (35 seconds) (that uses symbols), such as at straight out is 3 – strong wind.
“Which Way Does the Wind Review Water Cycle by using http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/ Watch “How Can You Measure Students will look at the school’s
Blow?” on Pearson Linda’s book Explain that we can use symbols Weather?” (~1min) video on Pearson flag outside to determine the
Lesson Content Online….discussion questions to show the weather on a Online wind strength. Record the
on page 2 (see arrow at Sing Water Cycle song forecast map wind’s strength on the Record
bottom of the screen) Review weather pictures, Read textbook p14-17 (use sheet 4-A Wind Strength Data.
Subject: Science

Watch video (1 min) “How symbols, and sounds in PPT discussion points provided)
Can You Describe the
Weather?” and discuss ways
to describe weather
(temperature, precipitation)
Time:

Read textbook p8-11. Use

discussion points provided.
 Complete “Different Kinds of Students will create an Students complete “Reading a Weather Tools Virtual Lab (Pearson Students will make their own
Weather” click and drag illustration of the water cycle Weather Map” Online) flags for observing the wind’s
activity on Pearson online accurately labeling the parts strength. Students will model 0,
evaporation, condensation, and 1, and 2 wind strength by
Summarizing Activity https://www.youtube.com/wa
tch?v=FdFTOO9NMCs
precipitation.
The students will complete
blowing on their flags. Record
the strength of the wind for one
(SchoolHouse Rock) quick quiz on the water cycle week.
using the promethean board
questions.

Lesson Check optional, Illustration of the Water Cycle. “Reading a Weather Map” Lesson in check in small groups, Correct determination of wind
observation MINOR GRADE MINOR grade then discuss as whole class strength, correct modeling of
Weather Tools MINOR grade wind strength.
Assessment