Weather Vs. Climate

This is a great lesson I used for my elementary students in third grade for a weather vs. climate lesson. It went great hand-in-hand with the weather vs. climate daily do also found on this ... See More

This is a great lesson I used for my elementary students in third grade for a weather vs. climate lesson. It went great hand-in-hand with the weather vs. climate daily do also found on this website. We talked about the different ways we dress depending on the weather, the different ways we get around depending on weather, and different vacations types and times depending on the weather as well. This is a great way to help students realize the importance of weather and how it impacts our choices that we make everyday like choosing what to wear to be able to be comfortable, protected, and appropriate. This is a great article that is cute, kid-friendly, informative, and can be done every morning meeting as a whole class discussion on why we choose what to wear each day! Great resource 10/10 recommend!

Weather Vs. Climate

I loved this lesson. It follows the 5E model of instruction to help students understand the difference between weather and climate. Students are collecting data to help decided what people ... See More

I loved this lesson. It follows the 5E model of instruction to help students understand the difference between weather and climate. Students are collecting data to help decided what people should wear in their area. I love the idea of this lesson, as it helps students make a personal connection. Which is key in their learning!

Great Lesson on Weather vs Climate

This lesson follows the 5E model of instruction to help students understand the difference between weather and climate. It starts out with having students examine the weather and climate in... See More

This lesson follows the 5E model of instruction to help students understand the difference between weather and climate. It starts out with having students examine the weather and climate in their own town so it creates personal relevance. It has a nice tie in to math skills as well.

Weather

Love the layout of this article! Great teacher resource that helps by giving the big question then how to teach different vocabulary and questions that a student might have. Really enjoyed r... See More

Love the layout of this article! Great teacher resource that helps by giving the big question then how to teach different vocabulary and questions that a student might have. Really enjoyed reading this!

Review

NSTA Article Review Summary: In the article they are collecting data to decide what people should wear in the area they live in. They used questions for data such as: How hot does it get dur... See More

NSTA Article Review Summary: In the article they are collecting data to decide what people should wear in the area they live in. They used questions for data such as: How hot does it get during the day? Does it rain or snow? Once they collected data from the questions based on a two-week time span of the weather at the end of March and beginning of April and based on their data, you will need to wear a long sleeve shirt in Massachusetts during this time of the year. They also extended with more questions. Review: I think that they article was informational and how we can determine what travelers should wear based on the weather outside. Typically, in Texas, it would be much different than Massachusetts because our temperatures are much different so it would be interesting to add more states to see what the weather is like in different regions of the United States.

Article review

This article gave me a lot of insight about the different components that I should touch upon in my science teaching unit. I was able to incorporate and learn different ways to exercise acti... See More

This article gave me a lot of insight about the different components that I should touch upon in my science teaching unit. I was able to incorporate and learn different ways to exercise activities that will benefit the students in their learning. For example, including personal experiences, touching upon important vocabulary terms and definitions, participating and teaching through hands-on activities and riding questions. I found it very helpful that discussions points were touched on and there were visuals of pictures and charts for me to learn from. Even though there were some points that I am not including in my lesson such as, location, climate and data, it made me think more about the different ways that these topics can be brought up in a discussion briefly so that students hear these words and can make connections. Overall, I found this article to be helpful in preparing my science learning unit and I would recommend it to other teachers preparing a weather unit.

Article review

This article gave me a lot of insight about the different components that I should touch upon in my science teaching unit. I was able to incorporate and learn different ways to exercise acti... See More

This article gave me a lot of insight about the different components that I should touch upon in my science teaching unit. I was able to incorporate and learn different ways to exercise activities that will benefit the students in their learning. For example, including personal experiences, touching upon important vocabulary terms and definitions, participating and teaching through hands-on activities and riding questions. I found it very helpful that discussions points were touched on and there were visuals of pictures and charts for me to learn from. Even though there were some points that I am not including in my lesson such as, location, climate and data, it made me think more about the different ways that these topics can be brought up in a discussion briefly so that students hear these words and can make connections. Overall, I found this article to be helpful in preparing my science learning unit and I would recommend it to other teachers preparing a weather unit.

Article review

This article gave me a lot of insight about the different components that I should touch upon in my science teaching unit. I was able to incorporate and learn different ways to exercise acti... See More

This article gave me a lot of insight about the different components that I should touch upon in my science teaching unit. I was able to incorporate and learn different ways to exercise activities that will benefit the students in their learning. For example, including personal experiences, touching upon important vocabulary terms and definitions, participating and teaching through hands-on activities and riding questions. I found it very helpful that discussions points were touched on and there were visuals of pictures and charts for me to learn from. Even though there were some points that I am not including in my lesson such as, location, climate and data, it made me think more about the different ways that these topics can be brought up in a discussion briefly so that students hear these words and can make connections. Overall, I found this article to be helpful in preparing my science learning unit and I would recommend it to other teachers preparing a weather unit.

Article review

This article gave me a lot of insight about the different components that I should touch upon in my science teaching unit. I was able to incorporate and learn different ways to exercise acti... See More

This article gave me a lot of insight about the different components that I should touch upon in my science teaching unit. I was able to incorporate and learn different ways to exercise activities that will benefit the students in their learning. For example, including personal experiences, touching upon important vocabulary terms and definitions, participating and teaching through hands-on activities and riding questions. I found it very helpful that discussions points were touched on and there were visuals of pictures and charts for me to learn from. Even though there were some points that I am not including in my lesson such as, location, climate and data, it made me think more about the different ways that these topics can be brought up in a discussion briefly so that students hear these words and can make connections. Overall, I found this article to be helpful in preparing my science learning unit and I would recommend it to other teachers preparing a weather unit.

Article review

This article gave me a lot of insight about the different components that I should touch upon in my science teaching unit. I was able to incorporate and learn different ways to exercise acti... See More

This article gave me a lot of insight about the different components that I should touch upon in my science teaching unit. I was able to incorporate and learn different ways to exercise activities that will benefit the students in their learning. For example, including personal experiences, touching upon important vocabulary terms and definitions, participating and teaching through hands-on activities and riding questions. I found it very helpful that discussions points were touched on and there were visuals of pictures and charts for me to learn from. Even though there were some points that I am not including in my lesson such as, location, climate and data, it made me think more about the different ways that these topics can be brought up in a discussion briefly so that students hear these words and can make connections. Overall, I found this article to be helpful in preparing my science learning unit and I would recommend it to other teachers preparing a weather unit.

Article review

This article gave me a lot of insight about the different components that I should touch upon in my science teaching unit. I was able to incorporate and learn different ways to exercise acti... See More

This article gave me a lot of insight about the different components that I should touch upon in my science teaching unit. I was able to incorporate and learn different ways to exercise activities that will benefit the students in their learning. For example, including personal experiences, touching upon important vocabulary terms and definitions, participating and teaching through hands-on activities and riding questions. I found it very helpful that discussions points were touched on and there were visuals of pictures and charts for me to learn from. Even though there were some points that I am not including in my lesson such as, location, climate and data, it made me think more about the different ways that these topics can be brought up in a discussion briefly so that students hear these words and can make connections. Overall, I found this article to be helpful in preparing my science learning unit and I would recommend it to other teachers preparing a weather unit.

Climate and Younger Grades

While this article identifies the lesson is planned for grades 5-8, I believe that with a few modifications and perhaps by extending the activities over the length of a few days this lesson ... See More

While this article identifies the lesson is planned for grades 5-8, I believe that with a few modifications and perhaps by extending the activities over the length of a few days this lesson could be applied to the younger grades. Specifically, this lesson would fit in wonderfully with the NGSS for third grade and perhaps, with vast modifications, even for kindergarten. It is refreshing that this lesson involves an experiment/demonstration, and I think that that is critical for students learning about why temperature differences occur across the world. An expansion of this lesson for third grade could be to come up with or evaluate possible solutions to ameliorate the impact of weather hazards in areas where they are rampant.

Weather Study in the Classroom

"Dress for the Weather" states that it would be appropriate for grades 5-8, however, I can imagine how a few changes could be made for the lessons and it could be adapted for younger grades.... See More

"Dress for the Weather" states that it would be appropriate for grades 5-8, however, I can imagine how a few changes could be made for the lessons and it could be adapted for younger grades. I plan to use some of the information in this article for science lessons on the weather in kindergarten. I found this article to be very informative and packed full of ideas on how to encourage students to learn more about weather, how to read charts as their pertain to temperature and explore new vocabulary words.

"Dress for the Weather" article review

"Dress for the Weather" is great! Glen and Smetana do a great job explaining the details of the activities. First of all, I really like how Glen and Smetana capitalize on current weather c... See More

"Dress for the Weather" is great! Glen and Smetana do a great job explaining the details of the activities. First of all, I really like how Glen and Smetana capitalize on current weather conditions. Students also investigate relevant weather from their area. Relevancy to the learner is very important to better support learning! Also, the activities provide opportunities for collaboration, independent work, and group discussion. I also like that the students are guided to form their own definitions of weather and climate. This would make it clearer for understanding. Glen and Smetana provide different ways to extend student investigation. Some of the extensions could be used to differentiate instruction too. “Dress for the Weather” is adaptable to any location relevant to the students. Living in the Baltimore/Annapolis region, the lesson could easily be tailored to a Maryland location instead of Boston, Massachusetts. This makes this lesson a great resource for all teachers, regardless of location. Additionally, I think students could also do this investigation in the summer time. On a particularly warm day, the students could collect data from each sample (sand and water) as it heated outside. Then the students could actively participate in the science learning, as opposed to demonstration only. More math could then be added by having students find averages of the sand and water samples from individual student's or group's observations. I would like to see more hands on activities for the learners.

Weather vs. Climate

What a great inquiry approach to having students explore the differences between weather and climate. I know a lot of adults who mistakenly use the terms interchangeably. I thought this was ... See More

What a great inquiry approach to having students explore the differences between weather and climate. I know a lot of adults who mistakenly use the terms interchangeably. I thought this was well planned and many areas lend themselves to technology integration and extension activities.