Gold Seal Lesson:
Let's Talk About The Weather

Copernicus Education Gateway

Subject:

Science

Grade:

5-8

ICLE Standards:

Science:
Earth and Space Science - Develop an understanding of structure of the Earth system.

Mathematics:
Statistics - Systematically collect, organize, and describe data.

Performance Task:

Observe weather conditions for five consecutive days. For each day, at a constant time, record the following: the temperature, wind velocity and direction, relative humidity, cloud cover/type of clouds, and amount and kind of precipitation. Organize your data and depict them on a graph, table, or chart. Analyze the data to determine what factors bring about changes in the weather. Make at least two conclusions from your data.

Knowledge / Skills:

Exhibit good data management skills by collecting, organizing, and graphing data.  (s19)

Predict weather as a probability of occurrence by examining the factors that produce change in atmospheric variables.  (s48)

Keywords:

ATMOSPHERE
WEATHER
DATA COLLECTION
DATA DISPLAY
DATA ANALYSIS
INFERENCES
EARTH SCIENCE

Grades:

Kg ] - 1 [] - 2 [] - 3 [] - 4 [] - 5 [X] - 6 [X] - 7 [X] - 8 [X] - 9 [] - 10 [] - 11 [] - 12 []

ICLE Application:

D

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