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Comparing Temperatures of US REgions
Third graders explore regional factors that affect daily temperature. They collect data on three cities in the northeast, southeast and midwest regions of the US for two weeks. The Weather Channel website is used each day to collect...
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Bar Me In
Fourth graders watch a video about constructing bar graphs. They create their own graph and interpret it.
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Teach it to me - Seasonal Calendar
Students document the weather. In this seasons instructional activity, students study the weather, record the temperature outside and photograph what the weather conditions look like. All information gathered by the students will be made...
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Climate Types
In this weather worksheet, students describe the rainfall distribution found in two different areas of the world. Then they compare the various types of climates found around the world using the graphs shown on the sheet.
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Surface Meteorological Observation System (SMOS)
Young scholars investigate local surface weather conditions. They log weather conditions for thirty days, develop a graph, plot cloud cover, and compare/contrast the graphed lines of various weather factors.
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Picnic Possibilities
Fourth graders plan a picnic using weather data. Using accumulated weather data from various sources, they create a graph of the weather conditions in their region for a given period of time. Students interpret this data to predict the...
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Using a Thermometer
First graders use their senses to formulate questions and make predictions to determine what is in the "Wonder Bag". They hold pieces of ice and examine while listing descriptors on a chart and then take their own temperature using an...
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Countdown to Disaster
Students discover the potential dangers of weather in their hometown. In this environmental lesson, students research Hurricane Hugo and the devastation it caused South Carolina in 1989. Students record weather data from...
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Jumping to Conclusions
Students decide as a class what their data is going to be to graph. In this math lesson, students organize data so that it will be easier to display in a graph. Students are guided through the process by their teachers, and helped with...
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Fourth Grade Science Quiz
In this science instructional activity, 4th graders take a multiple choice quiz about the weather, moon, electricity, and more. Students complete 15 questions total.
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Hurricanes and Climate
Students investigate maps and data to learn about the connections between hurricanes and climate. In this exploratory activity students describe and graph the 6 regions where hurricanes happen and discuss how hurricanes have changed over...
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Teaching about Diel Temperature Variation
Students explore temperature variation in lakes and deal with the data.
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What's up with the weather?
Students use the weather as a context for collecting data and making interpretations based upon the observations. The scientific method is also taught to give them a way to conduct the data collection.
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How's the Weather
"How's the Weather?" is an exercise that combines science and math as students graph the weather along the Iditarod Trail. They complete a double-line graph of the weather of a chosen checkpoint over the course of one week. Students...
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Agriculture, Weather, Economy and Indiana
Fourth graders, in groups, investigate the role of weather in Indiana's farming economy. They make a prediction as to weather and its effect on the economy of Indiana. They present their data using a media presentation of data...
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Weather for Health
Ninth graders encounter various types of numerical information (represented in multiple ways), much of which is abstract and difficult to comprehend. In this activity, 9th graders will convert given information into bar graphs. In the...
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Using Computers for Statistical Analysis of Weather
Students use temperature, cloud cover and other weather data from the S'COOL website to statistically analyze weather around the country. They use computers to calculate and graph standard deviations, means and modes of the weather...
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Season Tiles: Ceramics Lesson
Each color holds its own feeling and these feelings are used to describe the four seasons. Youngsters create a color palate based on the four seasons, assigning various colors to each season. They each create four clay tiles, painting...
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Looking Backwards, Looking Forward
How do scientists know what Earth's climate was like millions of years ago? Young environmental scholars discover how researchers used proxy data to determine the conditions present before written record. Grouped pupils gain experience...
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Understanding El Niño Using Data in the Classroom
Are weather troubles caused by El Nino? An installment of a larger series presents a five-part lesson on El Nino. First, scholars learn to read sea surface temperature maps. Then, they compare them to data on graphs before determining if...
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Creating Climographs
Students chart statistical information on graphs, interpret the information and use it to explain spatial relationships, and identify the relationship between climate and vegetation.
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Evidence of Change Near the Arctic Circle
Learners analyze graphs and make conclusions about climate change. In this climates lesson students produce graphs and identify relationships between parameters.
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The Air Up There
Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the average daily weather patterns. They collect data over a five day period and then write a summary of the observations made from it. Students record the mean and graph it on a simple...
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Worm Weather Predicted
Students examine worm habitats. In this animal habitats lesson plan, students participate in a lab activity that requires them to explore the adaptations that earthworms make to their environment.