Rain, Rain...Go Away!!  

 

 

Standards

 

Curriculum Area:  Life Science

Grade Level:  4th grade

Designed By:  William Moore, Tamara M. Roach, & Quintessa Stewart

 

OBJECTIVES:  THE STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY BASIC TERMS RELATED TO WEATHER AND FACTORS THAT DETERMINE THE WEATHER.  THE STUDENTS WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO COMPLETE INTERNET, POWERPOINT AND MICROSOFT WORD ACTIVITIES.

DURATION: ONE WEEK

MATERIALS NEEDED: COMPUTERS, PRINTERS, PAPER AND PENCIL
 

Problem:  

Tony's family is planning a party.  His mom can't decided what day to have the party, because she has no idea what the weather will be like.  Help Tony's mom find out what the weather will be like that week. 

 

                                                   

Scaffolding Activities

Click on the cloud to connect to the national weather service website.  Find the weather forecast for today for the area closest to your home town.  Begin by locating the heading titled local.  Click on the city closest to your hometown.  Next enter your zip code in the zip code box.  Click go.  Find the weather forecast for today.  Good Luck!

 

                                                                           

   Click on the lightning below to connect the PowerPoint presentation.  If problems occur ask the teacher for help.

Answer questions to the PowerPoint presentation.  Remember to record answers on a separate sheet of paper.

Hint: Click on the arrow to go to the next page.

                                                                                                     

   

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CLICK ON THE WEBSITE, WWW.EO.UCAR.EDU/WEBWEATHER.COM,. CLICK ON THE WORD CLOUDS. THEN CLICK ON THE DIFFERENT  HEADINGS ON THE CLOUD PICTURE.  AFTER YOU'RE DONE, CLICK ON THE GAMES HEADING.  COMPLETE THE MATCHING ACTIVITY.  GOOD LUCK! (KNOWLEDGE, APPLICATION, ANALYSIS)

HAVE THE STUDENTS, CHART THE WEATHER DAILY TO INCLUDE, THE HIGH AND LOW TEMPERATURES ALONG WITH WHETHER OR NOT  THERE WAS ANY PRECIPITATION AND IF SO, HOW MUCH PRECIPITATION. (KNOWLEDGE, COMPREHENSION, APPLICATION, EVALUATION)

HAVE THE STUDENTS DECIDE WHAT IS THEIR FAVORITE WEATHER AND CREATE A STORY ABOUT THEIR FAVORITE WEATHER AND WHAT THEY WOULD DO ON THAT DAY. (KNOWLEDGE, APPLICATION, SYNTHESIS)

 

Assessments

Scaffolding Activities-75 pts

Group Participation-25 pts

Assessments will be made through teacher observation as well as student work completed.