Weather and Seasons
Autumn
Graphing Greenery
In this lesson, students gather leaves and trace
them on graph paper. They then plot coordinates that approximate the
shape of the leaves and share those coordinates as "worksheets" for
other students to complete. (Grades 6-8)
Spring
...Handprint tulip craft
This is a wonderful craft for kids who like to get messy
Winter
Snowflake Fun Finger Puppet Activity (K-1)
Summer
Summer Songs & Poems
Spring
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From:
Josephine
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WGreerJ@cs.com
Read
"The
Tiny
Seed"
to the
class,
discussing
what
they
think
will
happen
if we
plant a
seed.
Have
available
several
sandwich
size
zip-lock
bags.
Fold
paper
towels
so they
fit
inside
and wet
them.
Place
several
sunflower
seeds in
each
bag. zip
up the
bags and
use a
stick
pin to
post on
the wall
in the
Science
area.
After
several
days the
seeds
will
start
growing
and the
children
will be
able to
observe
the
growth
of the
root and
also the
stems.
After
they
have
grown a
bit the
can be
planted
in soil.
Chart
the
progress
and send
home the
plants
to be
transplanted
.My
class
always
loves to
watch
the
growth
of each
seed. |
Make a fall word scrambler.
Click here.
|
Language
arts --
editing.
Use the
You Be
the
Editor
teaching
master
with
this
activity.
Make
copies
of the
teaching
master
for
students,
or post
the
activity
at a
language
arts
learning
center.
Challenge
students
to work
on their
own or
in pairs
to edit
the
paragraphs.
There
are ten
errors
of
capitalization,
punctuation,
spelling,
or
grammar
in the
text,
which is
borrowed
from the
Why Do
Leaves
Change
Color in
the Fall?
page of
a Web
site
called
Science
Made
Simple.
You
might
check
out the
Web
page; it
offers
several
cool
science
experiments
for
students
in the
upper
elementary
grades
and
above.
|
Answer
Key:
-
The
headline
needs
a
question
mark
after
the
word
Fall.
-
In
paragraph
1,
the
word
they
at
the
start
of
the
second
sentence
needs
a
capital
T.
-
The
third
sentence
needs
a
period
after
the
word
air.
-
The
word
using
is
spelled
wrong
in
the
fourth
sentence.
-
The
wrong
form
of
the
verb
is
used
in
the
last
sentence
of
the
first
paragraph;
the
word
should
be
gives,
not
gaves.
-
In
the
second
paragraph,
the
word
dry
is
spelled
wrong
in
the
first
sentence.
-
The
word
then
in
the
fourth
sentence
should
begin
with
a
capital
T.
-
The
wrong
form
of
the
verb
is
used
in
the
last
sentence
of
the
paragraph;
the
sentence
should
read
"Those
colors
were,"
not
"Those
colors
was."
-
In
the
last
paragraph,
the
word
red
is
spelled
wrong
in
the
first
sentence.
-
A
period
is
needed
after
the
word
leaves
at
the
end
of
the
paragraph.
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Now It's
Fall
In this lesson plan for the picture book Now It's Fall by Lois
Lenski, students will learn about autumn and different objects and
events associated with this special season. |
Grade Levels:
3 - 5
With a
student-made
weather station
(that tracks
temperature,
rainfall, wind
speed and
direction,
barometric
pressure,
humidity) and/or
the Internet,
students measure
weather in a
variety of ways,
write about
procedures, make
predictions, and
use averaging.
Coloring
Page: Spring
Design
This makes a
great decoration
or booklet
cover.
 |
Spring
in a
Bottle
If it
feels
like
spring's
taking
too long
to
sprout,
liven up
a winter
windowsill
by
making
this
mini
greenhouse
-- a
recycled
take on
a
cloche,
traditionally
used
outdoors
to
protect
early
plantings. |
Soar Into Spring With Kites
Spring has sprung! Soar out of the winter doldrums with a lesson plan
both you and your students are sure to enjoy.
Fall Science
Challenge
http://www.shambles.net/pages/learning/GeogP/weathersta/
http://www.shambles.net/pages/learning/primary/Weather/
http://www.shambles.net/pages/learning/GeogP/WeatherKS2/
http://www.shambles.net/pages/learning/GeogP/WeatherW/
http://www.shambles.net/pages/learning/primary/tsunami/
http://www.shambles.net/pages/learning/primary/earthq/
ePortfolio www.shambles.net/csmith
w-shops
www.shambles.net/csmith/workshops
http://www.consultpivotal.com/disasters.htm\
Tornado Info -
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/faq/tornado
Scholastic's Weather Watch: Tornadoes -
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/wwatch/tornadoes/index.htm
Weather Channel Encyclopedia -
http://www.weather.com/encyclopedia/?from=footer
Weather Classroom Encyclopedia -
http://www.weatherclassroom.com/encyclopedia/
Tropical Twisters: Hurricanes -
http://kids.mtpe.hq.nasa.gov/archive/hurricane/index.html
Scholastic's Weather Watch: Hurricanes -
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/wwatch/hurricanes/index.htm
Canadian Hurricane Centre for Kids -
http://www.ns.ec.gc.ca/weather/hurricane/kids.html
For 2nd graders.
Go to:
http://pcsweb.pcs.k12.nc.us/pccsmediacenter
Click on Collaborative Planning at the right hand side.
Click on Next and scroll down to find "Weather Resources"
Enchanted Learning a lot for 2nd grade research.
BrainPop Jr. They have a weather video coming soon.
a good website for earthquakes is:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_all.php
Kidslclick is an excellent search engine .
Here are the results:
http://www.kidsclick.org/cgi-bin/searchkids.pl?keywords=weather&searchtype=all
http://edselect.com/grade5.htm
Freak Weather and Folklore
<http://www.trinity.wa.edu.au/plduffyrc/subjects/sose/geography/atmosphere/weatherfolk.htm>
http://www.eddept.wa.edu.au/cmis/eval/rbnews/index.htm
http://www.eddept.wa.edu.au/cmis/eval/curriculum/pathfinders/disasters/cyclones/
http://eatohillss.eq.edu.au/storms.htm
http://www.australiasevereweather.com/index.html
http://www.stormplanet.com/index2.htm
web weather for kids
http://eo.ucar.edu/webweather/
The Earth Today
At this site you will find recent activity information.
http://www.geologylink.com/today/
Tsunami
http://www.geophys.washington.edu/tsunami/general/physics/physics.html
