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Four Seasons

For Teachers K
Students investigate the four seasons in a year. In this seasons lesson, students explore the weather during each season.  Students illustrate each season with pictures.
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Air Pressure and Wind

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore weather by reading weather measurement text. In this barometer lesson, 4th graders discuss ways weather is measured on Earth and how these measurements lead to predictions. Students read assigned text, discuss...
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The Ups and Downs of It: Wind

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explore the ways in which wind is formed and how it affects our weather.
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Life In the Flood Zone

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students discover how floods occur by visiting the Weather Channel's website. They examine the areas of the United States which are more vulnerable for flooding. They research the history of previous floods and how to protect themselves.
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Drought Threatens Huge Man-Made Lake

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students locate Lake Mead, then read a news article about Lake Mead drying up and how that would effect water and power supplies to the region. In this current events lesson, the teacher introduces the article with a map and vocabulary...
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The Four Seasons

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students access, generate, process and transfer information utilizing appropriate technologies concerning the four seasons. They analyze and evaluate the program and then create a short PowerPoint Presentation on the information they...
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Weather Predictions

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore meteorologists. They explore symbols on a weather map and make five day forecasts.
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Water Supply

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore weather patterns by completing an Internet project. In this water cycle lesson, 4th graders read assigned text including a Magic School Bus book about precipitation and water. Students complete a water science...
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Weather Whys- Cloud Watching Journal

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Pupils examine how natural processes change the earth by identifying their local water cycle. Individual students complete a cloud journal over a specific period of time. They observe clouds daily and take photographs of the clouds...
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Weather Patterns

For Students 9th - 12th
In this weather activity, high schoolers define an air mass and describe the different types of weather fronts. Students compare and contrast high pressure and low pressure systems. This activity has 4 short answer questions.
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Weather Journals

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Learners check and record the weather first thing each morning in their weather journals.
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Weather Conditions During the Spring Monarch Migration

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers keep a detailed record of weather patterns during the spring migration of the monarch butterfly. The use of weather reports is used to form a class data sheet. This lesson connects to the skills of graphing and critical...
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Weather and its Effect on the Environment and Settlement

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students, after choosing two diverse cities, collect data on weather for a month and construct a graph on temperature and precipitation. After collecting population data of said cities, and graphing it, they plot population on a large...
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Tracking the Weather

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use satellite imagery and forecasting maps as a storm moves through the United States.  In this weather lesson plan students track storm systems and chart the systems on a map. 
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Forecasting the Weather

For Students 4th - 6th
In this weather worksheet, students will determine what a meteorologist is and the ways scientists are currently experimenting with to control the weather. This worksheet has 4 short answer questions.
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How Are Weather Forecasts Made?

For Students 6th - 8th
In this weather worksheet, students complete a graphic organizer by writing in the different types of air masses and what types of weather are created by these different air masses.
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Fraser River Watershed Weather

For Students 6th - 12th
In this weather worksheet, students access a website to complete a graphic organizer comparing the temperature, pressure, and humidity of 10 locations in British Columbia.
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Keep Your Eye on the Sky

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students examine the different types of satellites, cloud formations and weather patterns.  In this weather lesson students use the Internet to research weather satellites, then write an article and create graphs. 
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In the Rain Shadow

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students charts the rainfall averages on either side of a mountain range. In this water cycle lesson plan, students discover that mountain ranges affect weather patterns. Students pretend they are air traffic controllers and...
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Tracking the Weather

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students observe weather patterns. In this weather lesson plan, students track weather trends and predict what the weather might be like in the upcoming forecast.  Students learn to apply concepts of barometric pressure and how...
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Birdland: Weather Report

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students compare and contrast the Weather Report jazz recording, Birdland, with other songs they have reviewed. They write in their journals how they think charlie Parker might have reacted to the song.
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Why Does Weather Occur?

For Students 5th - 6th
In this weather worksheet, students will compare and contrast the differences between warm air masses and cold air masses and how these influence the weather patterns.
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The Tibetan Plateau

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners discuss the characteristics of the biosphere, with a focus on the Tibetan Plateau. They participate in a question and answer period discussing biomes and climate patterns. They compare and contrast different ecosystems.
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Air Pressure

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Learners participate in a series of demonstrations about Bernoulli's principle. They explain how air pressure varies with air speed. They write a detailed lab report about the activity. This is a great way to explore this concept.

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