This project-based learning unit is a great opportunity to bring relevance to the students while learning about severe weather prediction and prevention, maps, graphs, coordinate planes, and informational reading. Students will plan and execute an emergency plan and kit to be used in case of severe weather in their community with their own families.

In this activity, students use a thermometer to measure temperature and then take an average of the temperatures. Students will investigate why temperature measurements vary and then compare student measurementsto official National Weather Service data.

This presentation is in Google sheets form and allows students to demonstrate their knowledge of clouds.

In this activity, students record air temperature and wind speed over several weeks. Students then use the data collected to create a line graph to show the weather patterns. The printable charts are included as well as student instructions.

In this activity, students use the Internet or another source of daily weather information to create an observation log. Students record the date, precipitation, air temperature, wind speed and direction, and air pressure each day. After collecting and analyzing the data, the students are asked to use it to make a weather prediction.

In this hands-on science unit, students conduct investigations on local and world weather and climate. There are five core lessons and additional supplemental and enrichment activities. The included Teacher Guide consists of detailed, printable lesson plans and curriculum standards covered. Included is a Student Gallery where teachers and students can view student work and upload their own student work. An Ask the Expert section is also included for any questions students may have.

This article highlights children's literature about weather and climate, the polar regions, and climate change for use in the elementary classroom.

Learning Goals/Outcomes/Objectives:
Observable features of the student performance by the end of the grade: 1). Obtaining information: Students use books and other reliable media to gather information about: i. Climates in different regions of the world (e.g., equatorial, polar, coastal, mid-continental). ii. Variations in climates within different regions of the world (e.g., variations could include an area’s average temperatures and precipitation during various months over several years or an area’s average rainfall and temperatures during the rainy season over several years). 2 Evaluating information a Student's combine obtained information to provide evidence about the climate pattern in a region that can be used to make predictions about typical weather conditions in that region. 3 Communicating information a Students use the information they obtained and combined to describe*: i. Climates in different regions of the world. ii. Examples of how patterns in climate could be used to predict typical weather conditions. iii. That climate can vary over years in different regions of the world.

In this activity, students use art supplies to create a chart to show the various forms precipitation can have in the winter and how they change depending on changes in air temperature.