Weather Measurements
TEKS Objective
The student is expected to measure, record, and graph weather information, including temperature, wind conditions, precipitation, and cloud coverage, in order to identify patterns in the data.
Essential Understanding
The student knows that there are recognizable patterns in the natural world and among objects in the sky.
Science Background
What are Weather Observations? American Geological Institute (website) - Learn about different elements of weather, how and why we observe and measure weather conditions, and how this information is used to predict the weather. (Follow the arrow.)
What are Weather Observations?
American Geological Institute, K-5 GeoSource, www.k5geosource.org
Temperature: Environmental Literacy Council (website) - Extensive background information on temperature and how it relates to weather.
Environmental Literacy Council
Temperature, www.enviroliteracy.org
Signature Lesson
Weather Experiments: Weather WizKids (website) - Students make and use simple weather instruments (e.g., thermometer, anemometer and windsock) to measure different weather components.
- Supporting Lessons
- Extensions
- Assessment Ideas
- Literature Connections
- Related
TEKS - Additional Resources
Supporting Lessons
How to Make an Anemometer: Southeast Regional Climate Center (PDF) - Easy, clear instructions for making an anemometer.
How to Make an Anemometer
Southeast Regional Climate Center, www.sercc.com
Elaboration Lessons and Extensions
Make a Rain Gauge: Weather Wizkids (website) - Simple directions for creating a rain gauge.
Assessment Ideas
Interactive Weather Forecast: The Weather Channel (website) - Students collect data on precipitation, wind conditions, temperature and cloud conditions for a week and enter their data into the Interactive Weather Forecast site to create a five-day forecast.
Interactive Weather Forecast
The Weather Channel Games, www.theweatherchannelkids.com
Literature Connections
Weather Forecasting. Sievert, Terri (ISBN: 0-736-83739-6)
Reasons for the Seasons. Gibbons, Gail (ISBN: 0-823-41238-5)
Sunshine Makes the Seasons. Branley, Franklyn (ISBN: 0-060-59205-2)
A Tree for all Seasons. Bernard, Robin (ISBN: 0-792-2942-70)
What’s the Weather Today? Fowler, Allan (ISBN: 0-0516-44918-4)
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. Barrett, Judi (ISBN: 0-689-70749-5)
It Looked Like Spilt Milk. Shaw, Charles (ISBN: 0-064-43159-2)
Weather Words and What They Mean. Gibbons, Gail (ISBN-10: 082340952X)
Who Cares About the Weather? Berger, Melvin and Lunis, Natalie (ISBN-10: 1567840043)
Additional Resources
National Weather Service: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (website) - Detailed weather information at the local, state and national levels, including warnings and forecasts.
National Weather Service
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, www.noaa.gov
Weather Words: Weather Wiz Kids (website) - More than 150 weather-related words and definitions.
Weather Words
Weather WizKids, www.weatherwizkids.com
What is Weather? BBC Schools (website) - Interactive collection of animated demonstrations showing different weather components.
What is Weather?
BBC Schools, www.bbc.co.uk/schools
Temperature About Weather: BBC Schools (website) – This interactive animation simulates conditions at different temperatures (using Celsius).
Temperature About Weather
BBC Schools, www.bbc.co.uk/schools
Houston Weather: The Weather Channel (website) - Daily weather data for Houston, Texas. (Can be modified to track weather for any city.)
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