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Background
Overview
Students will learn about
What makes the weather? Students
will explore the effects of the sun's
the driving force behind the
weather, in other words,
energy on the atmosphere and the
water cycle of our planet. Maps,
the sun. Energy from the
sun powers weather and
globes, weather instruments, and the
weather exhibit will be used.
creates the different aspects
that make up the weather.
Sensational weather such as
hurricanes, floods, and tornadoes make up part of the exhibit at
the Center:"Changing Seasons, Changing Lives".
These
exceptional phenomena are exhibited through newspaper
articles and photos. There is a weather station for students to use
to find out what is happening at the moment and to help them
to predict what isyet to come.
Applies to:
CT Standards K.Ia, K.3a, l.4a, 2. I a, 3. Ia, 4.2a, 43a, 53a, 6.3a, 6.4a
Reading SuggestiOns
Grade Levels K- 2
Air isAll Around You by: Franklyn M. Branley
Flash, Crash, Rumble, and Roll by: Franklyn M. Branley
Weather by: Gallimard Jeunesse
Grade Levels2 - 5
Grade Level
K-6
Duration
45 minutes - 1.5hours
Skills
Observation induction,
reasoning, gathering facts,
memorization, cause and
effect relationships
Objective
Students will define weather
and learn what makes
weather happen
Vocabulary
Pre-visit
Snow, ice, hail. wind,
rain, warmth, oceans
Post-visit
Hurricane, tornado,
twister, weather
fronts
Location
Eyewitness Books: Weather by: Brian Cosgrove
At Hungerford Park
Weather Explained by: Derek Elmson