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Book Chapter | May 2012
As a thesaurus of science concepts, The Everyday Science Sourcebook, Revised 2nd Edition: Ideas for Teaching in Elementary and Middle School provides easy access to science activities that teach science concepts that…
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Book Chapter | April 2016
Talking about the weather is a daily opportunity to increase children’s awareness of the natural world. This chapter highlights some of the core science ideas children can investigate about weather events and includes…
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Book Chapter | November 2011
Without looking out the window, do you know what the weather is like right now? By not paying more attention to the weather, we not only miss many of the interesting things that go on in the atmosphere; we also might…
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Book Chapter | April 2012
Students probably have heard weather-based sayings, such as “March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb” or “April showers bring May flowers.” Throughout the ages, people have developed these and other sayings…
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Book Chapter | December 2016
In this lesson, students will use a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) database to identify extreme weather events throughout the United States in different locations or over time. Disciplinary core…
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Book Chapter | December 2016
In this lesson, students will use weather data to create a current weather map by drawing station models for multiple locations. Disciplinary core ideas covered are Earth materials and systems and weather and climate.…
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Book Chapter | December 2016
In this lesson, students will develop and analyze meteograms for select cities to construct a 24-hour history for a specific location. Disciplinary core ideas covered are Earth materials and systems and weather and…
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Book Chapter | May 2016
An integrative science unit combines science content on severe weather with the engineering design process (EDP). The purpose of this unit is to interweave science content on severe weather with the EDP. The unit…
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Book Chapter | March 2016
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about weather predictions. The probe is designed to find out if students recognize the limitations of long-term weather forecasting and to help students…
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Book Chapter | April 2016
In this chapter, the objective of the activity “Observing Weather” is to participate in an ongoing data collection of local weather conditions. Chapters 1 and 2 are also included in this book selection. Chapter 1…
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Book Chapter | March 2019
The guiding question of this investigation is, What weather conditions can we expect here during each season? Students can use information about the daily weather conditions over the last year and what they know about…
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Journal Article | February 2019
Location on Earth … for the Earth and how those characteristics, along with the revolution … of the Earth around the Sun each year, create the seasons. Vivid illustrations …
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Book Chapter | January 2005
The concepts covered so far that pertain to the Earth's weather will finally be applied in this chapter. A number of basic mechanisms that govern small-scale things such as cloud formation, rain, fog, dew point, and…
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Book Chapter | January 2005
In the previous chapter, we dealt with how the properties of air and water affected small-scale weather such as the formation of clouds, the formation of fog, and how comfortable you feel at different times of the year…
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