ESS.K.1.2: Use mathematics and computational thinking to summarize daily weather…
Use mathematics and computational thinking to summarize daily weather conditions noting changes that occur from day to day and throughout the year.
The North Carolina Standard Course of Study, Science (2023) outcome ESS.K.1.2 (Earth’s Systems) for Kindergarten says: “Use mathematics and computational thinking to summarize daily weather conditions noting changes that occur from day to day and throughout the year.” This Fieldbook unit teaches it hands-on, with everyday materials and a printable teacher guide and student sheet for every lesson. Official wording: North Carolina Standard Course of Study, Science (2023).
Weather Watchers: What Will the Sky Do Today? Grades K–2
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.
Printable practice for ESS.K.1.2
- 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.
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