Experiment: Day 5

How do hurricanes see?

With one eye! 

What are the different catastrophes that weather can produce?

 

 

 

 

 

Experiment:

 

How to make your own tornado:  Click on the link below to find out:)

 

 

 

 

You will be with a partner for the experiment.  Both students will be participating.  The teacher will be circulating the room to record the experiment.  Make sure you can explain what is going on in the experiment.

 

 

 

 

*Record the steps and findings from the experiment in your scientific journal.*

 

 

Remember to record the temperature for today!

 

 

Record all findings from the entire day in your scientific journal.  Write in complete sentences.

 

 

CSO's:

 

 

CSO RLA.O.5.2.4 use the five-step writing process to write for a specific purpose and for an intended audience (e.g., creative, narrative, informative, journal, friendly letter, business letter).

CSO-RLA.0.5.1.14 classify and interpret graphic aids (e.g., maps, charts, graphs, tables, timelines).

 

Meteorologists: Day 4

 

What’s the difference between weather and climate?

You can’t weather a tree, but you can climate.

 

 

 

 

Do you think the weather is the same here as it is in South America? Why or Why not?

 

Click on Earth below to see the weather in Cali, Colombia, South America.

Then click on the school to see our weather.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Record our findings in our scientific journal.  List the weather conditions for both places.  Make sure to label each place you are describing.  Write in complete sentences.

 

 

 

Why do we have seasons?

 

 

 

Watch the video to understand why the temperature is different here than it is in South America.  Click on Earth to find out.

 

 

Remember to record the temperature for today!

 

 

 

Record your findings from the video and activities today in your scientific journal.  Write in complete sentences.

 

 

 

CSO's:

 

CSO-RLA.0.5.1.14 classify and interpret graphic aids (e.g., maps, charts, graphs, tables, timelines).

CSO RLA.O.5.3.4 create an age-appropriate media product that demonstrates format, purpose, and audience.

 

CSO-RLA.0.5.1.14 classify and interpret graphic aids (e.g., maps, charts, graphs, tables, timelines).

http://www.weather.com/weather/today/Cali+Colombia+COXX0008

Seasons: Day 3

What does a cloud wear under his raincoat?

Thunderwear

 

Provided with different scenarios, predict the season.  Consider the termperature and the description given.  Place your predictions in your scientific journal and label it Season Predictor.  Write in complete sentences.

 

 

1. Suzy was waiting for the bus with her umbrella and rainboots.  The temperature outside was 54^o F. 

 

2. Niko and his sister Alexandra were swimming in the swimming pool enjoying the sunshine.  The temperature was 95^oF.

 

3. Maxwell was bundled up in his coat walking to his grandmothers house for dinner.  The temperature was 35^oF.

 

4. Jade and Rhyan were running and jumping in piles of leaves that they raked.  The temperature was 65^oF.

 

5. Brantley was drinking water while taking a break from soccer.  The temperature was 82^oF.

 

 

What is your favorite season?

 

In your scientific journal, jot down some notes (brainstorm) on your favorite season.

 

*Why is that your favorite season?

*What do you do in that season?

*What is the temperature?

*What is the weather usually like?

 

After thinking of ideas for your season, you will either create a short story, love letter to your favorite season, poem, or cartoon/comic strip for that season.  Make sure you address all of the questions listed above in your writing.  Once you are ready to beginning writing, you may take a computer from the portable lab and begin typing.  If you choose to free hand, you may do so as well.  Another option after you type/ write your writing, you may record your voice for your presentation.  Click on the site below to do so.

 

 

*Short stories and love letters must be at least 3 paragraphs in length, poems at least 5 stanzas in length, and cartoons/comic strips 10 scenes in length.  All items may include photos, clipart, or drawings.*

 

 

*We will present our writings to the class and put them up for display. *

 

Remember to record the temperature for today.

 

CSO's:

 

CSO RLA.O.5.2.5  write and edit the mechanics and grammar of a variety of sentence types:

• simple
• compound
• declarative
• exclamatory
• imperative
• interrogative 

CSO RLA.O.5.2.1 use the five-step writing process (pre-writing, drafting, revising, editing, publishing) to generate topics, plan and develop a 3 – 5 paragraph composition.

 

 

CSO RLA.O.5.2.3  from a prompt, use the writing process to develop a 3-5 paragraph composition with an introductory paragraph, supporting detail paragraph(s), and concluding paragraph that incorporates specific, relevant details.

 

 

CSO RLA.O.5.2.4  use the five-step writing process to write for a specific purpose and for an intended audience (e.g., creative, narrative, informative, journal, friendly letter, business letter).

 

 

CSO-RLA.0.5.1.14 classify and interpret graphic aids (e.g., maps, charts, graphs, tables, timelines).

 

Temperature and Seasons: Day 2

What did the thermometer say to the other thermometer?

You make my temperature rise.

 

 

How can you tell the temperature outside?

Burrr it's cold.

 

Think...Think...Think

 

 

Can you explain what a degree means, Fahrenheit, Celsius, and Kelvin?

 

Think...Think...Think

 

 

 

 

Convert the temperatures from yesterday's chart using the following conversion site. Click on the thermometer.

 

 

What are the seasons?

 

Click on the leaves to interact with the seasons.

 

 

 

Remember to record the temperature for the day!

 

In your scientific journal, write in complete sentences what you predict the weather would be for each season.

 

 

CSO's:

 

 

CSO RLA.O.5.2.7  draft analogies, illustrations, examples, or anecdotes to respond to an oral, visual, or written prompt.

 

CSO RLA.O.5.3.4 create an age-appropriate media product that demonstrates format, purpose, and audience.

 

CSO-RLA.0.5.1.14 classify and interpret graphic aids (e.g., maps, charts, graphs, tables, timelines).



 

 



Intro to weather: Day 1

Why did the woman go outdoors with her purse open? Because she expected some change in the weather.

 

What is weather?

 

See how many ideas you have about weather and make a graphic organizer/concept map of those ideas.  Brainstorm for 1.5 minutes and see how many associations you can come up with about weather.

 

Here is the class concept map of the term weather.  Do these associations apply to your daily life and how you perceive the term? Take a look and see if you have any other ideas.

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

Weather Song!

 

 

After formulating your own ideas of weather, watch the following video to find out more about this natural phenomenon.  Click on the lightening storm.

 

 

 

Now, let us read a short passage about weather and how it affects our lives.  Click on the library to read the passage.

 

 



 

How can we chart the temperature outside and make preditions about the weather conditions for the next day? Keep a chart of the weather outside everyday and make preditions as if we are Meteorologists :).  An example chart is shown below.

 

 



 

As scientists and meteorologists, we must write down our findings or discoveries for the day.  So write in your scientific journal your discoveries on day one.  A sample scientific journal is shown below.

 

 

 

 

CSO's:

 

CSO- RLA.0.5.3.2 compare and contrast personal experiences to oral/visual information

 

 

CSO- RLA.0.5.2.2 arrange thoughts and ideas in graphic representations to plan and write a product.

 

 

CSO-RLA.0.5.1.14 classify and interpret graphic aids (e.g., maps, charts, graphs, tables, timelines).

CSO RLA.O.5.1.8  differentiate and apply comprehension strategies in literary and informational texts to

• draw conclusions
• predict
• use context clues
• summarize
• judge text critically

 

CSO RLA.O.5.3.3  listen and respond to different literary forms and speakers (e.g. summarize and paraphrase to confirm understanding, recount personal experiences, listen to information and exhibit comprehension, provide reasons in support of opinions, respond to others’ ideas).

 

 

SC.O.5.1.11 construct and use charts, graphs and tables to organize, display, interpret, analyze and explain data.

 

SC.O.5.1.8 use a variety of technologies and scientific instruments to conduct explorations, investigations and experiments of the natural world.

 

SC.O.5.2.20 use a variety of instruments and sources to collect and display weather data to describe weather patterns.