Make a Weather Map Have students review data submitted by other students across the country. Instruct groups to choose several days that give a good representation of the entire country and make weather maps of the U.S. for those days. Have groups print copies of the U.S. map . Choose the type of map you wish your class to create, such as pressure change, temperature, precipitation, or wind speed and direction. Visit the Weather Reporters assessment rubric page for a grade-appropriate student assessment of this activity.
Forecasting Have students record temperatures for the next few days.
Then challenge them to use this information to project the temperature for the three days that follow their data gathering. Make sure that students give sound reasoning for their temperature forecasts, and disclose the weather resources they used. Then have the students check their forecasts against the actual temperatures in your local area. Have students write about the most interesting thing they learned from the project in their journals. This project aids students in meeting national standards in several curriculum areas.