Welcome The Weather Around US to our conference on… Thank You for coming and ENJOY!

Welcome

The Weather Around US

to our conference on…

Thank You for coming and ENJOY!

The Weather Around Us

Ashley, Kristin, Gloria, Amber, & Mindi

Teaching Weather in the Classroom

• Used across the curriculum and age groups

• Everyday, life changing experience

• Strikes children’s curiosity

Weather Fronts

• 2nd Grade Lesson Plan: Language Arts

Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs by: Judi Barrett

• Students learn about a town called Chewandswallow and the unusual weather the town encounters.

• Students will produce a class book.– Creative writing assignment– Art project

– Next

Lightning

3rd Grade Lesson Plan: ScienceMake Lightning

– Students learned that lightning is caused by static electricity in thunder clouds due to convection of warm and cool air masses.

– Students do an experiment making lightning.

Clouds

• 4th Grade Lesson Plan: Language Arts– The Cloud Book

by: Tomie dePaola

– Students learn about different types of clouds.

– The students create their own cloud booklet.• Students make clouds using cotton balls.• Students write sentences about each cloud.

Sample available for viewing.

Tornado

• 6th Grade Lesson Plan: Science

– Students construct and observe a tornado model to identify the characteristics of a real tornado.

– Students become familiar with tornado facts, including how they are created as well as their destructive potential.

Seasons

• 8th Grade Lesson Plan: Science

– Students will understand the concept of how and why the seasons occur.

– Students will observe a demonstration of how the suns rays strike the earth.

– The angle of the sun’s rays effects the temperature of the earth.

– Next

Hurricanes

• 8th Grade Lesson Plan: Language Arts

• The students are introduced to: Josie and the Hurricane

By: Nancy Wood

• Students become familiar with factual information on an actual hurricane in history.

• Students will compose a narrative story involving themselves in a hurricane.

Next

Handouts• Hurricane

• Tornado Safety

• Tornado Facts

• Rain Stick

•Tornado in a Bottle

•Tornado Grading Rubric

•Raining in the Classroom

Extensions

Weather Forecasting

Students could apply knowledge to predict the daily/weekly weather.

Next

Storm Damage

• Students assess aftermath of storms.

• Next

Raining in the Classroom

• Audience involved activityEverybody get ready and

LETS HEAR IT RAIN!

• Thanks for your cooperation…

Thank Youfor attending our presentation…

The Weather Around US

Ashley, Kristin, Gloria, Amber, & Mindi