S1E1: Obtain, evaluate, and communicate weather data to identify weather…
Obtain, evaluate, and communicate weather data to identify weather patterns. a. Represent data in tables and/or graphs to identify and describe different types of weather and the characteristics of each type. b. Ask questions to identify forms of precipitation such as rain, snow, sleet, and hailstones as either solid (ice) or liquid (water). c. Plan and carry out investigations on current weather conditions by observing, measuring with simple weather instruments (thermometer, wind vane, rain gauge), and recording weather data (temperature, precipitation, sky conditions, and weather events) in a periodic journal, on a calendar, and graphically. d. Analyze data to identify seasonal patterns of change.
The Georgia Standards of Excellence, Science outcome S1E1 (Earth and Space Science) for Grade 1 says: “Obtain, evaluate, and communicate weather data to identify weather patterns. a. Represent data in tables and/or graphs to identify and describe different types of weather and the characteristics of each type. b. Ask questions to identify forms of precipitation such as rain, snow, sleet, and hailstones as either solid (ice) or liquid (water). c. Plan and carry out investigations on current weather conditions by observing, measuring with simple weather instruments (thermometer, wind vane, rain gauge), and recording weather data (temperature, precipitation, sky conditions, and weather events) in a periodic journal, on a calendar, and graphically. d. Analyze data to identify seasonal patterns of change.” This Fieldbook unit teaches it hands-on, with everyday materials and a printable teacher guide and student sheet for every lesson. Official wording: Georgia Standards of Excellence, Science.
Weather Watchers: What Will the Sky Do Today? Grades K–2 · partly supports this outcome
Is it sunny, windy or wet today, and how can we tell? Young scientists keep a class weather chart for two weeks, build wind socks to catch the wind and make a rain gauge from a bottle to measure the rain.
- What's the weather like today? 30 min to start, 5 min a day for two weeks, 30 min to graph
Children look at the sky at the same time every school day for two weeks and add a weather picture to a big class chart. Then they count the sunny, cloudy, rainy and snowy days, build a bar graph together and use it to say what kind of weather their two weeks had.
- Which way is the wind blowing? 40–45 min, plus 5 min on two or three other days
Children make a paper-plate wind sock with crepe-paper streamers and take it into the schoolyard to see which way the wind blows and how strong it is. They find out that we can't see wind, but we can see what it does, and they sort days into calm, breezy and windy.
- How much rain fell? 40 min, plus 5 min a day for a week
Teams build a rain gauge from a clear, straight-sided bottle with a ruler taped on, set it outside and measure the rain each day for a week. On a dry week they make a watering-can 'storm' instead, and test what happens when rain lands on grass, soil and pavement.
Printable practice for S1E1
These pages practise a closely related idea; the match to S1E1 is partial.
- Weather Watchers: What Will the Sky Do Today? workbook included with the unit
3 English-support pages, 3 practice pages, 3 readings, 1 word wall, 1 unit review, 1 unit test, with answer keys.
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Compared with NGSS: K-ESS2-1 (partial).
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