Rachard Morris

ESSC 311 M/W 9:30

Standard:

•Students who demonstrate understanding can:

•K-ESS2-1. Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time. [Clarification Statement: Examples of qualitative observations could include descriptions of the weather (such as sunny, cloudy, rainy, and warm); examples of quantitative observations could include numbers of sunny, windy, and rainy days in a month. Examples of patterns could include that it is usually cooler in the morning than in the afternoon and the number of sunny days versus cloudy days in different months.] [Assessment Boundary: Assessment of quantitative observations limited to whole numbers and relative measures such as warmer/cooler.]

MATERIALS

•Scissors

•1 inch brass fasteners

•Construction paper

• markers/ crayons

•Paper plates

•Blank picture of a person

•Blank Graph/ Monthly worksheet

•Eye-Spy Weather Patterns worksheet

Engage

First, get students to just talk about weather generally.

Ask questions such as: (lead them to differences) in temperature, precipitation, cloudy, sunny.

  1. What’s the weather like today?
  2. What was it like yesterday?
  3. How does the weather affect what you can do outside (e.g., can’t play outside if raining vs. sunny)?

Then ask:

•Can you find clues around the classroom that indicate what the weather is like? (Examples could include umbrellas, raincoats, shorts, jackets, t-shirts, snow boots, etc.)

•Students will watch a short Youtubevideo about weather patterns

Explore

Students will visit Hot Weather on the Different Clothes for Different Weather website and look at the pictures of clothing.

•Teacher will discuss with the students the types of clothing shown there.

Ask them:

–What types of clothes do you see pictured for when the weather is hot? (Answers should include a hat, t-shirt, shorts, sandals, sunglasses, and swimsuit.)

–Why would these be good types of clothes to wear when the weather is hot? (These are good clothes to wear when the weather is hot because they help to keep you cool and protect you from the sun.)

–Then have students go to Rainy Weather (look @ the clothing) and talk to them about the clothing shown there. Ask them the same types of questions as listed above for hot weather. Finally, have students go to Cold Weather (look @ the clothing) and talk to them about the clothing shown there.

–Students will create there own paper plate weather chart.

Explain:

Students will observe and record the weather for several months beginning in January through April. For a one-week period students will observe and record morning and afternoon weather conditions and record their findings on a chart. They will record A.M. / P.M. Temps and the number of Sunny / Rainy days. At the end of a week, students will use the information they recorded on their chart to fill in the My Weather Graph. By filling in the graph, students will create a bar chart that will show the weather pattern for the week’s temperatures & rain/month’s weather conditions. Students will analyze weather patterns and answer the following questions.

  • What kind of weather did you see the most?
  • How many days did it rain (or snow, etc.)?
  • How many days had the same kind of weather?

Elaborate:

•Relate the weather during each month to the cloths in the pictures on these websites Hot Weather, Rainy Weather, Cold Weather.

•Have students color and dress a person In Jan. vs. April.

•Students will draw hats, scarves, coat, boots, sunglasses, t-shirts etc. on their person and color them.

Evaluate

The instructor will walk through the class and answer questions and assist students as needed.

Students will be evaluated on the following:

•completion of bar graphs.

•Properly clothing the Blank Person.

•Analysis to patterns I notice: Do descriptions correctly describe the data? Does the analysis seem logical when related to the graph(relative measures such as warmer/cooler)?

January

April

January Weather Pattern
Sunny / Rainy / Cloudy / Windy
  • What kind of weather did you see the most?
  • How many days did it rain (or snow, etc.)?
  • How many days had the same kind of weather?

April Weather Pattern
Sunny / Rainy / Cloudy / Windy
  • What kind of weather did you see the most?
  • How many days did it rain (or snow, etc.)?
  • How many days had the same kind of weather?