•What is air? •How do people use air? •Why does air move? •What is air pressure? •How can you find wind speed and direction? •How would you define the term wind? •How do you think people first discovered they could put wind to work? •What are some ways to compare snowflakes? •What can clouds tell you about the weather? •How can you stay safe during dangerous weather? •Why do you think some people are afraid of thunderstorms? •What causes the seasons?
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•The students will be able to describe how weather conditions and phenomena occur and can be predicted. •The students will be able to describe the causes for Earth’s seasons. •The students will be able to recognize air as a permanent substance that surrounds us, takes up space, and is felt as wind. •The students will be able to explain the use of weather instruments in predicting and recording weather. •The students will be able to identify the positive and negative impact of weather on the environment. •The students will be able to explain the relationship between the rotation of the Earth on its axis and the day/night cycle.
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The assessment for this unit will be a combination of the following: lesson study guides, hands-on-activities, class participation, PowerPoint Weather presentation, Inspiration Weather Safety project, interactive online worksheet, and Unit test.
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Students will be involved in a variety of learning activities throughout this unit. •The students will read and discuss Chapters 1 – 4 in Silver Burdett Ginn Science DiscoveryWorks Weather and Climate textbook. They will complete the study guides as they work through the chapter. •The students will complete some of the activities from the above reading. •The students will be paired with a partner and complete a PowerPoint presentation identifying the positive and negative impact of the weather on our environment. •The students will complete an Inspiration webbing showing 3 ways to stay safe during a flash flood, a lightning storm, and a tornado. •The students will complete one interactive online worksheet during the unit. •The students will play “Jeopardy” to prepare for the Unit test. •The students will complete the Unit test over weather.
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