Weather Patterns
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
Weather: National Geographic (website) - Short overview of weather, atmospheric conditions and weather forecasting.
Signature Lesson
Weather Patterns: Science NetLinks (website) - Students learn about weather patterns and how the weather changes from day to day by measuring, recording, and graphing daily weather conditions.
- Supporting Lessons
- Extensions
- Assessment Ideas
- Literature Connections
- Related
TEKS - Additional Resources
Supporting Lessons
Weather Unit: American Geological Institute (website) - Extensive teacher background information and a comprehensive collection of activities focusing on different weather components and conditions. Includes assessment.
Weather Unit
American Geological Institute, K-5 Geosource, www.k5geosource.org
Elaboration Lessons and Extensions
Weather Complaints: National Geographic Xpeditions (website) - Students research the weather and climate in their home region and other selected cities, and think about complaints people might make about the weather in different places.
Weather Complaints
National Geographic Xpeditions, www.nationalgeographic.com/expeditions
Assessment Ideas
Have students create drawings representing each season, and include at least three characteristic weather features of each season in their drawings.
Literature Connections
The Cloud Book. dePaola, Tomie (ISBN: 0-823-40531-1)
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: NOAA Education (website) - Listing and description of a variety of weather-related programs and informational resources.
Weather
NOAA Education, www.education.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
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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