Weather Affects Me? Johnson Elementary School, Fayette County Public Schools, Lexington, Kentucky

Weather Affects Me?

Third Grade
Johnson Elementary

Developed by Raeanna Fields & Phyllis Peterson

Organizer

How does weather affect us?

Primary Academic Expectations and Demonstrators

1.5-1.9 Students use mathematical ideas and procedures to communicate, reason, and solve problems.

1.16 Students use computers and other kinds of technology to collect, organize, and communicate information and ideas

2.1 Students understand scientific ways of thinking and working and use those methods to solve real-life problems.

2.11 Students understand mathematical change concepts and use them appropriately and accurately

2.19 Students recognize and understand the relationship between people and geography and apply their knowledge in real-life situations.

Secondary Academic Expectations and Demonstrators

1.2 Students make sense of the variety of materials they read.

1.3 Students make sense of the various things they observe.

2.18 Students understand economic principles and are able to make economic decisions that have consequences in daily living.

5.2 Students use creative thinking skills to develop or invent novel, constructive ideas or products.

Essential Questions

What are the factors that determine the different types of weather?

How does weather affect your activities?

How can I use technology to find out information about weather?

Ø Critical Connection Questions

What types of weather have you experienced?

What types of weather have you seen?

What is weather?

How does the water cycle affect the weather?

What is climate?

What are the different types of clouds and how are they classified?

What is precipitation and how is it measured?

How does temperature change over time and how is it measured?

How does the wind affect our weather and how is it measured?

Culminating Performance

Based on data collected students will create and produce a weather forecast using PowerPoint to inform and assist travelers in preparing for a trip to a selected city. The forecast will include information on temperature, precipitation, wind and cloud cover.

Ø Power Point must include

o Graph which displays actual temperature over a two week period

o Forecast for the next 3-5 days (include temperature, precipitation, wind and cloud cover)

o What to pack for travel

o How the weather will affect your choice of activities

Scoring Guide/Rubric

Certified Meteorologist

Ø Presentation contains accurate information and is communicated in a clear, engaging manner

o PowerPoint includes all components

§ Line graph which displays actual temperature over a two week period

· Line graph includes title, temperature for 10 days, dates and city name

§ Forecast for the next 3-5 days (include temperature, precipitation, wind and cloud cover)

§ What to pack for travel

§ How the weather will affect your choice of activities

o Presentation includes appropriate meaningful graphics

o All text is spelled correctly

o All slides are neat and clear

Ø Student clearly demonstrates accurate reasoning by communicating the affects the weather will have on those traveling to that location.

Forecaster

Ø Presentation contains accurate information and is communicated in a clear manner

o PowerPoint includes all components

§ Line graph which displays actual temperature over a two week period

· Line graph includes title, temperature for 10 days, dates and city name

§ Forecast for the next 3-5 days (include temperature, precipitation, wind and cloud cover)

§ What to pack for travel

§ How the weather will affect your choice of activities

o Presentation includes appropriate graphics

o Most text is spelled correctly

o All slides are clear

Ø Student attempts to communicate the affects the weather will have on those traveling to that location.

Weather Watcher

Ø Presentation is given with minimal accuracy and clarity

o PowerPoint includes at least 2 components

§ Line graph which displays actual temperature over a two week period

· Line graph includes title, temperature for 10 days, dates and city name

§ Forecast for the next 3-5 days (include temperature, precipitation, wind and cloud cover)

§ What to pack for travel

§ How the weather will affect your choice of activities

o Presentation includes graphics

o Some text is spelled correctly

o Slides contain minimal information

Ø Student attempts to communicate the affects the weather will have on those traveling to that location.

Forecasting the Weather!

q My information is correct. q My graph has a title. q My graph has my city name. q My graph has temperature for 10 days. q My graph has dates on it. q My graph has a scale. q I have graphics that are appropriate. q I have spelled everything correctly.	q My forecast includes information about temperature. q My forecast includes information about precipitation. q My forecast includes information about wind. q My forecast includes information about cloud cover. q I explained how travelers could pack to be prepared for the weather in this city.

Knowledge (Core Content)

Properties of weather

Cloud types

Temperature, wind speed, and precipitation

Standard and nonstandard units of measurement

Graphs and Charts

Measurement tools

How people are affected by weather/climate

Skills and Procedures

Reading thermometers, barometers, anemometers, etc.

Record weather data and create graphs

Observe:

wind speed and direction

temperature differences

rainfall

cloud types

changes in weather

Classify cloud types, precipitation,

Manipulate the use of scientific equipment

Construct data tables and graphs

Determine more, fewer, and same as

Sort and compare data

Transactive writing

Weather journal

Group data

Communicating results

Reasoning the affects of weather has on humans

Technology Standards

T4.4 Locate information using the Internet

T4.5 Navigate within an operating system or software

T5.7.2.2 Create graphs and charts

T6.5 Create a presentation or product using application software.

Technolgoy Skills/Abilities

Access and navigate web sites
URL's
Bookmarks
Hyperlinks
Use various web browsers
To navigate the World Wide Web
Scan for relevant information
Be a risk taker (Use edit and undo) Format (Font, Paragraph, Borders and Shading, Columns, Change Case, etc.)
Tools (Spelling, Grammar, Thesaurus, Hyphenation, Language, etc.)

Instructional/Assessment Activities

Week	Day	Objective	Suggested Activities	Assessment	Critical Resources
1	1 4-8-02	The student will show what they know. The student will use prior knowledge to discuss and classify weather vocabulary and concepts.	Students will answer an open-response question about weather for pre-assessment purpose. Read aloud story related to weather. Students will list, group and label procedure to address new vocabulary.	Students will answer open response. Teacher observation, presentation of group classification activity	Describe weather and how it affects you and why? Weather Words by Gail Gibbons
1	2 4-9-02	Student will demonstrate comprehension of vocabulary by accurately using it in a sentence.	Creating a mini-book about different types of weather. Include weather vocabulary from previous activity.	Completed book.	Rain by Peter Spier
	3	Student will identify a thermometer and read the actual temperature in different settings.	Class will take the thermometer to a variety of places in and outside of the school.	Teacher observation.	Thermometers Record sheet Clip board
	4	Student will read and record the temperature each day from the classroom thermometer.	Students will daily record for five school days the temperature and plot the temperature by hand on a class chart.	Complete record and chart

1	5 4-10-02	Student will identify different types of clouds.	Read and discuss The Cloud Book. After the discussion use the PowerPoint presentation to identify different types of clouds.	Label the clouds in the PowerPoint presentation.	Joy-make cloud power point Cloud chart
		Students will identify types of clouds.	Create cotton clouds of the four main types of clouds including a sentence or poem describing the clouds.	Complete cloud model with sentence or poem.	Cotton balls, glue, paper Chart of cloud descriptions
			Make a rain gauge.
2 & 3		Student will collect weather data.	Students record high and low temperature, precipitation, cloud cover and wind direction of a given city using Internet, Newspaper and Weather Channel or local news.	Student will have complete chart of data for 10 days.	http://www.weather.com/ (Can obtain a chart of previous year’s record)
		Student will determine what a meteorologist does and the instruments used in the job.	Meteorologist visit	Students complete Kidspiration to sort tools and job responsibilities
		Students will utilize the tools of the Travel Agent to determine a vacation spot with weather facts as support.	Travel agent visit Email internet travel agents	Student will answer open response: Look through the brochures brought to your class by the Travel Agent and select a vacation spot and tell why you would want to go there. Support your reason with weather facts. Use Generic Rubric to score.	Travel Agent Brochures
		Students will observe and discuss the process of the water cycle.	Use Three States of Matter Power Point to introduce the water cycle.	Teacher observation of students discussing the water cycle.	Joy’s Three States of Matter Power Point
		Students will illustrate the process of evaporation.	Students create a picture using a salt water solution and food color. After the water has dried discuss what remains on the picture.	Teacher observes guided discussion to determine if student explains what happened to the water.	Art Teacher
		Student will create a model of the water cycle.	Teacher will boil water and collect steam on a plate of ice. Discuss how the water vapor appeared on the plate.	Student draws a model of the water cycle including labeling of evaporation, condensation and precipitation.	Hot plate, sauce pan, water, ice, plate
		Students will understand wind direction.	Make a wind sock	Student will draw a picture of a windsock showing the direction of wind and including a statement of the wind direction in the picture.	Tag board, streamers,
		Student will understand that wind has strength and measure the force of wind using the Beaufort scale.	Provide copies of the Beaufort wind scale. Discuss the levels of the wind scale.	Student will rate the wind strength using the Beaufort scale.


		Students will determine what to do in a weather disaster.	Storm safety and weather disasters	Students create safety manual on chosen weather disaster.	Foster’s Fifth grade speaker
		Students will be expose to weather folklore.	Read Thunder Cake and talk about other weather folklore. Bake Thunder Cake and write recipes.	Create a poster of weather folklore.	Thunder Cake
		Students will obtain climate information from various locations.	Students will email different areas to learn climate and mark responses on a class map.	Student completes email and marks map.
4		Students will create an electronic graph of collected data.	Create Excel chart of weather data	See Culminating assessment rubric	Excel
		Students will analyze weather data to make recommendations.	Create Power Point	See Culminating assessment rubric	Power Point
		Students will present recommendations based on weather data.	Present Power Point	See Culminating assessment rubric	Power Point

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