Weather station with thermometer, wind vane, anemometer, and rain gauge. Day 11 Science Technology Visit National Weather Center at Newport Students will take digital pictures to send, along with a short write up of what they learned at the Weather Center, to their sister school. Students prepare interview question for Meteorologist. 12 Science Technology Students will review how to read instruments so they will be successful using their homemade weather station. Teachers send weather instrument instructions home for adults and student to create a home weather station.
Students can use their instruments to compare the data to the on-line data and practice measuring.
Students interview Meteorologist and take video and digital pictures of the process. Weather station with thermometer, wind vane, anemometer, and rain gauge. Copy of instructions for creating the above homemade weather instruments and thermometers. Students e-mail sister school to introduce themselves. Science Technology Social Studies Students will discuss weather, climate, landforms, physical and human characteristics in our neighborhood and enter their responses onto a Tree Map.