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Learning Targets/Objectives:
Students will be able to recall the information they learned by discussing what they
learned with the class.
Students will be able to show their knowledge by completing the unit test.
Assessment Approaches: Evidence:
1. Asking students what they learned about 1. Asking students what they learned about
rain rain – students will raise their hands and share
2. Asking students what they learned about with the class some of the facts that they
the water cycle learned about rain
3. Asking students what they learned about 2. Asking students what they learned about
wind and air the water cycle – students will raise their
4. Asking students what they learned about hands and share with the class some of the
temperature facts that they learned about the water cycle
5. Asking students what they learned about 3. Asking students what they learned about
the seasons wind and air – students will raise their hands
6. Asking students what they learned about and share with the class some of the facts that
natural disasters they learned about wind and air
7. Unit Test 4. Asking students what they learned about
temperature – students will raise their hands
and share with the class some of the facts that
they learned about temperature
5. Asking students what they learned about
the seasons – students will raise their hands
and share with the class some of the facts that
they learned about the seasons
6. Asking students what they learned about
natural disasters – students will raise their
hands and share with the class some of the
facts that they learned about natural disasters
7. Unit Test -- students will complete a unit
test to show what knowledge they have
learned throughout the weather unit
Assessment Scale:
Students will complete a pretest that has questions about weather.
o Fill in the blank, 1 point per blank
o Weather changes from day to day, and season to season. (2 points)
o Temperature is how hot or cold it is.(2 points)
o Wind is moving air. (1 point)
o Earth’s water moves in a water cycle (1 point)
o Wind changes direction and speed. (1 point)
o A season is a time of the year. (1 point)
o Clouds are made up of many tiny drops of water. When the drops get too heavy,
they fall as rain. (1 point)
o Water vapor is water that you cannot see. (1 point)
o You can look at a thermometer to see how hot or cold it is. (1 point)
o A blizzard is when there is a terrible snowstorm with strong winds. (1 point)
o 10/12 - 12/12 = above average
o 7/12 - 9/12 = average
o 4/12 - 6/12 = below average
o 1/12 - 3/12 = poor
Subject Matter/Content:
Prerequisites:
How to take a test
How to follow directions
Key Vocabulary:
Precipitation – the liquid and solid water particles that fall from clouds and reach the
ground
Weather – what the air outside
Temperature – the measure of how hot or cold something is
Wind – moving air
Water cycle – when water moved from Earth to the sky and back again
Evaporation – when the sun heats up water in rivers or lakes or the ocean and it turns
into vapor or steam
Condensation – water vapor in the air gets cold and changes back into liquid, forming
clouds
Water vapor – water that is in the form of a gas; part of the water cycle
Wind – the flow of gases, here on Earth it refers to the movement of air
Weather – what the air outside is like
Temperature – the measure of how hot or cold something is
Thermometer – used to measure the temperature
Degrees Fahrenheit
Degrees Celsius
Season – part of the year that has the same kind of weather patterns
Spring – the weather begins to warm up
Summer – the hottest season
Fall – the weather can get pretty chilly
Winter – the coldest season
Natural Disaster – a natural event such as a flood, earthquake, or hurricane that causes
great damage or loss of life
Tornado – a mobile, destructive vortex of violently rotating winds having the
appearance of a funnel-shaped cloud and advancing beneath a large storm system
Hurricane – a storm with a violent wind, in particular a tropical cyclone in the
Caribbean
Blizzard – a severe snowstorm with high winds and low visibility
Content/Facts:
Precipitation is when something falls from clouds, whether it is liquid or solid
Weather changes from day to day, and season to season.
Temperature is how hot or cold it is.
Wind is moving air.
Earth’s water moves in a water cycle.
Wind changes direction and speed.
A season is a time of the year.
The air is warmer in summer than in spring.
Fall has cooler air than summer.
Winter has fewer hours of daylight than fall.
Summer has the most hours of daylight.
Precipitation is when something falls from clouds, whether it is liquid or solid.
Precipitation can be drizzle, rain, snow, snow pellets, ice crystals, or hail.
Evaporation is when the sun heats up water in rivers or lakes or the ocean and it turns
vapor or steam.
Condensation is when water vapor in the air gets cold and changes back into liquid,
forming clouds.
The water cycle is when water moves from Earth to the sky and back again.
Water vapor is water that is the form or a gas and is part of the water cycle.
Water vapor is water that is the form or a gas
It is part of the water cycle
When liquid water is heated to boiling temperature, it turns into vapor
Can be produced directly from ice
Steam is water vapor
Found in most of the air
Weighs less than air, which is part of the reason clouds float high in the sky
Water vapor is transparent
Moving air is called wind
Wind can push things
It can push a sailboat across a lake or blow a wind vane
Sometimes it blows gently and sometimes it blows hard
A flag can show how hard the wind is blowing
o When the wind blows gently, a flag ripples
o When it blows hard, a flag flies straight out
Show flag pictures after talking about facts
Strong wind turns windmills to make electricity
Sometimes wind can be too strong
The strong winds of a tornado can break up buildings
Temperature is the measure of how hot or cold something is
A thermometer is used to measure the temperature
Some thermometers have a special liquid, like mercury or alcohol, that rises and falls
as it gets warmer or cooler
The hotter the temperature, the higher the liquid climbs up the thermometer
The lower the temperature, the lower the liquid goes down on the thermometer
Use thermometer to measure the temperature outside and inside, and to check the
temperature of our bodies
Temperature is measured in units called degrees
There are different temperature scales
o Degrees Fahrenheit
o Degrees Celsius
The symbol for degrees is a tiny circle at the top right corner of the number that is then
followed by an F or C, depending on which temperature scale is used
Thermometers can be different from each other, so you need to look at them carefully
when using one
o Many thermometers show the temperature in both degrees Celsius and degrees
Fahrenheit
o Some thermometers have the numbers going up by ten, some you have to skip
count by twos
o To find the temperature, look at where the red liquid stops on the number line
When measuring temperature, give the thermometer a minute to do its job
After the special liquid stops moving for a bit, you can read the temperature
A season is a part of the year that has the same kind of weather patterns
There are other places to split the year into seasons
o Some places have a rainy season and a dry season
o Other places divide the year into four seasons: winter, spring, summer, and fall
It snows a lot where in the winter where we live, that’s why we wear heavy coats, hats,
scarves, and mittens
o Many plants stop growing in the winter
Some animals hibernate, or go into a deep sleep, in the winter because food is hard to
find
The weather begins to warm up in the spring, and it rains a lot, so we wear raincoats
and boots to stay dry
Plants begin to grow in the spring and many baby animals are born
Summer is the hottest season where we live, so we wear shorts, t-shirts, and plenty of
sunscreen
You can go on vacations in the summer
In fall, or autumn, the weather can get pretty chilly, so we wear sweaters or light coats
o The leaves of some trees change colors and fall off
o Some animals eat a lot and store food so that they can last through the winter
As the temperatures get lower, it becomes winter all over again
What makes the seasons change?
o Each year has the same cycle of seasons
o Our planet goes around, or orbits, the Sun once a year
o Earth is tilted at an angle
During different times of the year, when out part of the Earth is tilted
toward the Sun, the weather is warmer, like in the summer
As the Earth moves around the sun, the seasons change
A natural disaster is a natural event such as a floor, earthquake, or hurricane that casues
great damage and loss of life
Natural disasters happen for different reasons
o Some are weather related (hurricanes)
Hurricanes are tropical storms that form over the ocean picking up speed and strength
as they go over the water
o If a hurricane hits land, its high winds and heavy rain cause a lot of damage
Tornadoes are the most violent storms that nature sends our way
o Made with rotating funnel shaped clouds and winds reaching 300 miles per
hour
o Can do a lot of damage to large areas
Winter storms (blizzards) bring snow, freezing rain, sleet, and temperatures that make
you want to run indoors
o Can cause icy conditions on the roads, fall on power lines, and extreme cold
Natural disasters can catch us off guard or are more powerful than people expect
Introduction/Activating/Launch Strategies:
Students will be told that we are going to review all of the information that we learned
about weather (rain, the water cycle, wind and air, temperature, the seasons, natural
disasters).
Ask students what they remember learning about weather this week
o Allow time for a Think, Pair, Share and a small class discussion
Development/Teaching Approaches
Students will share different things that they remember about each of the things that we
learned throughout the week
After completing our class discussion, the teacher will pass out the unit test
Students will be told that they are taking this test and the teacher will read each of the
questions with them
Students will be given time to take their tests
Closure/Summarizing Strategies:
Once students are done with their tests, the teacher will go around to collect them
Once students tests are collected, they will be told that they can put their walls down
and called to line up for a bathroom break
Accommodations/Differentiation:
Student A will work with his aide and his device to assist him in participating in class
discussions.
Student A does not take tests, so he will work with his aide on other things.
Materials/Resources:
Pencils
Unit test
Walls for test taking
Harcourt Science Textbook (Earth Science)
o Jones, R.M. (2002). Harcourt Science. Orlando: Harcourt School.
Reflective Response:
Additional reflection/thoughts
Amount Percentage
Correct
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Student B
Student C
Student D
Student E
Student F
Student G
Student H
Student I
Student J
Student K
Student L
Student M
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Student O
Student P
Student Q
Student R
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