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Create a Weather Map

Classroom Resource Information

Title:

Create a Weather Map

URL:

https://www.nationalgeographic.org/activity/create-weather-map/

Content Source:

National Geographic

Type:

Lesson/Unit Plan

Overview:

In this lesson, students draw pictures that symbolize different types of weather and then use information about today's weather to make their own state weather map.

Content Standard(s):

Science
SC2015 (2015)
Grade: 3

13 ) Display data graphically and in tables to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season (e.g., average temperature, precipitation, wind direction).

NAEP Framework

NAEP Statement::
E4.8: Weather changes from day to day and during the seasons.

NAEP Statement::
E4.9: Scientists use tools for observing, recording, and predicting weather changes from day to day and during the seasons.

Unpacked Content

Scientific And Engineering Practices:

Analyzing and Interpreting Data

Crosscutting Concepts: Patterns

Disciplinary Core Idea: Earth's Systems

Evidence Of Student Attainment:

Students:

Use graphical displays to organize data that describes the typical weather conditions expected during a particular season.

Teacher Vocabulary:

Data
Types of graphs
Table
Seasons
Typical weather conditions for a season
Temperature
Precipitation
Wind direction

Knowledge:

Students know:

Weather conditions, like average temperature, precipitation, wind direction, from a given area across multiple seasons.
Patterns of weather conditions across different seasons and in different areas.

Skills:

Students are able to:

Identify typical weather conditions for a season.
Represent data in tables and various graphical formats.
Describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season.

Understanding:

Students understand that:

Scientists record patterns of the weather across different times and areas so that they can make predictions about what kind of weather might happen next.

AMSTI Resources:

AMSTI Module:
Weather and Climate

Alabama Alternate Achievement Standards

AAS Standard:
SCI.AAS.3.13- Use a graph or pictograph to answer questions about weather.

Tags:

weather, weather map

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Author:

Stephanie Carver

ALEX Classroom Resource

Create a Weather Map