ESS.K.1.1: Analyze and interpret data to compare changes in the environment due…

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.

• 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 ESS.K.1.1

These pages practise a closely related idea; the match to ESS.K.1.1 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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