Transcript Weather Forecasting

Second Grade
Weather Forecasting
By: Erica Beebe, Carolyn Connell, and Ann Keefer
Section 1
LESSON PLAN PART
ONE
Connections
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Learning Goal
◦ Students will gain an understanding of weather terms
and be able to predict the weather.
Assessment of Prior Learning
 Have observed day to day weather changes
 Have knowledge of basic definitions of weather
conditions
Ohio Academic Content Standards Indicators 4 and 5 for
Grade 2
◦ The video clip and activity allow students to understand
the day to day changes and seasonal weather patterns.
◦ The books show students how to measure and predict
weather quantities such as precipitation and
temperature.
Learning Objectives
The student will be able to state weather
terms and predict the weather for the
next day.
 Ohio Academic Content Standards
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◦ Earth and Space Science- Earth Systems
 4) Observe and describe that some weather
changes occur throughout the day and some
changes in a repeating seasonal pattern.
 5)Describe weather by measureable quantities such
as temperature and precipitation
Student Grouping
Large Group
◦ Book read aloud
 Small Groups
◦ Acting out
weather scenarios
 Individual Work
◦ Drawing weather
conditions
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Methods/ Instructional Strategies
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Direct Instruction
◦ Reading book
◦ Teaching weather terms
◦ Show weather forecast
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Interactive
◦ Acting out weather patterns
◦ Daily discussion about weather with class and
family
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Inquiry
◦ Students will predict the weather at home
Instructional Modification
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Learning Styles
◦ Visual
 Read aloud
 Weather pictures
 Weather word search
◦ Auditory
 Weather video
 Read aloud
◦ Kinesthetic
 Acting out weather conditions
 Benefits ELL, ADD, and challenging behavior students
Resources and Materials
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Books
◦ What Will the Weather Be?
◦ Weather Forecasting
◦ Weather Words and What they Mean
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Forecast video
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Paper
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Coloring utensils
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Clothes and objects for each weather scenario
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Seasonal treat 
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Weather word search
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Additional resources that are helpful for this lesson are ohiorc.org,
content.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3478, Ohio Academic
Content Standards: K- 12 Science, and books from the local library about
weather forecasting.
Section 2
THE BASICS OF
WEATHER
FORECASTING
Definition
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The process of predicting weather that is
to come in the future is based on weather
maps and patterns and usually completed
by a meteorologist.
Common Terms
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Temperature- a measure of the warmth or coldness of an object or
substance
Thermometer- an instrument for measuring temperature
Air Pressure- the force exerted by air on any surface in contact
with it.
Moisture- the air comes from water that evaporates
Cold Front- where cold air pushes against warm air
Warm Front- where warm air pushes against cold air
Thunderstorm- when rain drops move around at high speeds in a
cloud and rub against each other
Hail- water vapor freezes onto ice crystals
Sleet – snow that melts and refreezes before it hits the ground
Snow- crystals that form inside the clouds
Tornado- windstorm overland that has a long, funnel- shaped cloud
Meteorologists
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The meteorologist
(weather expert)
predicts the
weather and
reports weather
conditions to the
public.
Section 3
LESSON PLAN PART
TWO
Activities
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Read aloud What Will the Weather
be?
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Watch weather forecasthttp://www.wdtn.com/subindex/
weather
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Each student will draw four
scenarios: windy, sunny, rainy, and
snowy.
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Divide class into four groups and
have them act out the scenarios.
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Handout weather word search
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Additional activity suggestions:
◦ Field to visit meteorologist
◦ Predict weather at home with
families (Homework)
◦ Make weather conditions with
model magic
Assessment/ Evaluation
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Informal
◦ Daily observation to see if the students’
predictions become more accurate
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Formal
◦ Test on weather vocabulary terms
 Can include multiple choice, fill-in-the-blank, or
matching questions
Reflection
To be completed after activity to make
sure that the lesson and activity can be
perfected in the future.
 It will provide the opportunity for the
lesson to change as the group of students
change year to year.
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Works Cited
Information
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http://content.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3478
Ohio Department of Education. Academic Content Standards: K-12 Science.
Ohio Department of Education: Columbus, 2001.
Gibbons, Gail. Weather Forecasting. Four Winds Press: New York, 1987.
Gibbons, Gail. Weather Words and What They Mean. Holiday House: Vermont,
1990.
DeWitt, Lynda. What will the Weather Be?. Harper Collins: New York, 1991.
Pictures
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Freedictionary.com
Dictionary.com
Clip Art
www.lloydlibrary.org
www.beverlyschools.org
labs.divx.com
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www.healthykidsfund.org