Students take and record outside temperatures to add to their daily weather observations. Explore Windy Weather Students use their senses to gather data about the wind. They then learn about tools that help them collect more accurate data, and begin using these to measure and collect data on wind direction and speed. Explore Wet Weather Students express their current ideas about rainfall. They learn about precipitation and how scientists measure snow and rain.
Teams then begin collecting daily data on precipitation, as well as on temperature and wind.
Elaborate Graphing Class Weather Students organize and graph data from Class Weather Chart to find patterns in the weather. Elaborate Sudden Changes Students express their current ideas about thunderstorms. They read passages that describe several forms of severe weather, and compare their ideas with information from the readings. Students then list safety rules for storms. Describe things using appropriate senses Find patterns by answering questions about similarities and differences.