Show how air pressure is force in a kinesthetic way. Show how different colors reflect heat in different ways. Show how different surfaces reflect heat in different ways. Hot air rises and cold air falls . Show students how cold air sinks with two thermometers and a bucket of ice.
Students make predictions from prior knowledge.
A weather bibliography of fiction involving the weather and water to combine literature and science instruction. The weather in a nutshell - all the weather basics you need to know. Plymouth State College Meteorology Program. A K-2 weather familiarity and comparison lesson unit can be found at this link. This site yields good ideas but the actual project ended a few years ago.