According to the Farmers' Almanac, the weather will be nice today. Class members examine how weather forecasting plays a part in their lives with a resource that provides information on the history of forecasting, from using cloud patterns, the almanac, and folklore all the way to modern forecasting equipment. Pupils use a worksheet to find interesting facts about several forecasting tools.

Concepts

weather forecasting, weather, meteorology, radar, satellites, technology resources

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Additional Tags

forecasting, radar, satellite, weather

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Instructional Ideas

• Divide the class into groups to work on the fact worksheet with one pupil researching each topic for facts to share
• Get a local meteorologist to come speak to the class

Classroom Considerations

• The online Farmer's Almanac has several ads on its pages that may advertise items not suitable for a classroom
• Seventh in a 12-part series

Pros

• The worksheet comes in both PDF and doc formats, so it is easy to edit
• The plan includes an extension demonstration of the Doppler effect

Cons

• The plan does not provide an instructional method