School Weather Station
Driving QuestionHow does knowing information about the weather affect my daily life and help me survive?
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I will learn to:1. Identify weather instruments and explain how each is used in gathering weather data and making forecasts.
2. Use the fronts, temperature, and precipitation on a weather map to interpret the weather conditions. 3. Use observations and records of weather conditions to predict weather patterns throughout the year. 4. Explain the difference between weather and climate. |
Project SummaryWeather affects us every day and helps us make many decisions in our lives. You will investigate our local weather, climate, and severe weather events. You will use your knowledge to create a weather station for our school. You will also learn the important parts of a news station's weather report and create a report for our school's morning news.
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1School Weather Station
Use what you have learned about a good weather report to create a plan for our school's weather station. Your group will need to draw and label a visual model of what the weather station should look like and include. Click on the title of this product above to see the a rubric with this product's expectations.
You may want to think about the following questions while you are planning the station:
Use what you have learned about a good weather report to create a plan for our school's weather station. Your group will need to draw and label a visual model of what the weather station should look like and include. Click on the title of this product above to see the a rubric with this product's expectations.
You may want to think about the following questions while you are planning the station:
- What weather instruments will you need to include at the station?
- How will you construct the station and organize the instruments you have selected?
- Where should we install the Weather Station?
2 Weather Data Recordings
Once the weather station has been created, you will need to record our school's weather data each day of the unit.
You will create a chart, line plot, OR graph for all of the measurements you record. The measurements from each weather instrument will need their own chart, line plot, or graph.
Click on the title of this product above to see the a rubric with this product's expectations.
Once the weather station has been created, you will need to record our school's weather data each day of the unit.
You will create a chart, line plot, OR graph for all of the measurements you record. The measurements from each weather instrument will need their own chart, line plot, or graph.
Click on the title of this product above to see the a rubric with this product's expectations.
3 Morning News Weather Report
You will create and video tape a weather report that will play on the morning news at our school. Click on the title of this product above to see the a rubric with this product's expectations.
Your weather report will need to include the following components:
You will create and video tape a weather report that will play on the morning news at our school. Click on the title of this product above to see the a rubric with this product's expectations.
Your weather report will need to include the following components:
- A summary of weather data you have recorded from the school weather station
- A weather map illustrating this week's weather
- Your prediction of what to expect for the weather this fall
- Your prediction and safety plan for this fall's possible severe weather events
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