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- A French Weather Report- "The objective of this lesson is for students to correctly use the French language using weather related vocabulary, numbers, and days of the week. Students will prepare a weather forecast and present it as if they were on a television news program."
- Breaking Weather Report - The learner will be able to identify North, South, East, West, Hawaii, and Alaska and act out the part of six meteorologists in different parts of the U.S.
- Climographs: Temperature, Precipitation, and the Human Condition- In this lesson, students learn about how to read, analyze, and construct climographs. They also practice matching climographs to locations in the United States and in Africa, and discerning climate patterns and making some predictions about their effects on humans in different places in Africa.
- Cloud Types - There are different types of clouds. Varying cloud types have distinguishing characteristics.
- Cloud Watching- Students will examine, identify, and record cumulus, cumulonimbus, cirrus, and stratus cloud formations.
- Clouds- The students will understand what a cloud is, how it is formed and the various types of clouds.
- Conversation About the Weather - To be able to broaden the vocabulary when talking about the weather so the student can broaden their conversation.
- Core Environmental Factors - To introduce students to the basic properties of earth, air, water, fire.
- Differentiate between Weather - The learner will differentiate between different types of weather.
- Flood!- If the soil in an area will not hold enough rainwater, flooding problems will ensue.
- Geography Weather Symbols - Students need to learn how to read, translate, and analyze the activities and how it affects a particular country in the scientific, political, and geographical areas.
- Glaciers and Icebergs- The scraping patterns left by a glacier depend on how the glacier moved over the landform.
- How Does the Wind Blow?- Children will discover how air makes things move and how different forces make things move more.
- How's the Weather Today?- This lesson asks students to think about the weather in their area and introduces them to weather and temperature trends in different latitudes of the United States.
- Identifying Erosion- Students will be able to identify erosion and explain the causes of erosion.
- Mad About Meteorology- .pdf file. Entire Unit.
- Measure Rainfall- How to make a rain gauge.
- Measuring Rainfall- Students can make a gauge to measure rainfall and see how much rain falls over several days.
- Northwest Weather Watch- A complete on-line unit.
- The Seasons- In this activity students develop an understanding of the seasons by naming the seasons of the year, considering physical change over time, and analyzing environmental changes.
- The Weather - All students in class will have learned about today's topic at their own pace and according to their individual levels.
- The Weather in the World and in the United States- "Discuss with the students the different items you have brought in that help forecasters predict the weather. Talk to them about what they do and what they are called."
- The Wonders of Weather - The study of weather patterns and how they differ throughout the United States.
- Tracking Local Weather- Every day for one week (Monday through Friday), take your class outside and measure as many of these variables as you can: temperature, daily precipitation, wind direction, and wind speed.
- Understanding Weather- The greenhouse effect is important to life on Earth because it provides our planet with the warmth it needs for animal and plant life to thrive.
- Weather and Agriculture- They will pretend that they have just purchased farms in specific parts of the United States and will investigate that region's weather and climate in order to maximize the chances that their farms will succeed.
- Weather Activities- Making snowballs and catching raindrops aren't the only way to get your hands on the weather. Try some of these activity plans for doing hands-on weather science investigations.
- Weather Complaints- This lesson asks students to consider the weather and climate in their home region and to think about the ways in which people complain about the weather.
- Weather Elements - The student will be able to identify the types of clouds. The student will be able to identify types of precipitation
- Weather Forecasting - To gain an understanding of how to forecast weather, the students will be able to use weather reports for their personal benefit.
- Weather Patterns and Severe Weather Planning- "Students will understand document weather patterns associated with the region where they live. Students will understand severe thunderstorms, hurricanes, and tornadoes, and how to prepare accordingly for each."
- Weather Report - The objective of this lesson is for students to use correctly weather related vocabulary, numbers, cardinal points, period of day and days of the week in target language.
- Weather and Seasons Concepts - Students will understand targeted opposite pairs. Students will understand nouns and verbs. Students will construct complete sentences containing a noun and a verb.
- Weather Thematic Unit- For grades 3 to 5.
- What's the Weather- This is a series of experiments about weather and the air. This unit was designed for use in the third grade.
- What's Up With the Weather?- In this lesson, students will pull from their research, conversations, and everyday lives to determine whether or not an area is safe enough from severe weather to make a home.
- Where Does the Wind Come From?- Students will be introduced to the effects that heat has on creating wind.
- Wind Direction- A homemade weather vane.
- Wind Observation- Make a wind gauge and observe how the wind affects the things around you.
