In this lesson, students read an article about meteorology and weather maps. Then they will complete an activity where they will draw weather symbols on a copy of a map of North America to correspond to a written weather report.
With this interactive, students explore the relationship between sea surface temperatures (SST) and hurricane strength.
In this activity, students use various methods to estimate the "precipitation" contents of three simulated "clouds" representing three different cloud types. Once the precipitation is released, students will compare their estimates to what is actually experienced on the ground. In addition to gaining an appreciation of weather forecasting issues and technologies, students will practice math skilld, including estimating, percentages, ratios, and averages.
In this lesson, students read an article about the water cycle and in the associated activity, create a poster depicting the water cycle and labeling all the components and processes.
In this project-based lesson, students read an article about weather. Then they will conduct further research on weather topics and create a book of weather terms related to how weather is monitored and measured.