ELEMENTARY SCIENCE PROGRAM MATH, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION A Collection of Learning Experiences WEATHER Weather Student Activity Book Name__________________________________________________________ This learning experience activity book is yours to keep. Please put your name on it now. This activity book should contain your observations of and results from your experiments. When performing experiments, ask your teacher for any additional materials you may need.
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ELEMENTARY SCIENCE PROGRAM MATH, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION
A Collection of Learning Experiences
WEATHER Weather Student Activity Book
Name__________________________________________________________ This learning experience activity book is yours to keep. Please put your name on it now. This activity book should contain your observations of and results from your experiments. When performing experiments, ask your teacher for any additional materials you may need.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Activity Sheet for L.E. #1 - Weather Observations ..................................................2 Activity Sheet for L.E. #2 - Temperature .................................................................3-5 Activity Sheet for L.E. #3 - Reflect & Absorb ...........................................................6 Activity Sheet for L.E. #4 - Wind Speed ..................................................................7-12 Activity Sheet for L.E. #5 -Wind Direction................................................................13-15 Activity Sheet for L.E. #6 - Clouds...........................................................................16-17 Activity Sheet for L.E. #7 - Water Cycle ..................................................................18 Activity Sheet for L.E. #8 - Precipitation ..................................................................19-20 Activity Sheet for L.E. #9 - Forecasts vs. Today’s Weather.....................................21 Activity Sheet for L.E. #10 - Time & Seasons..........................................................22-23 Weather Student Assessment.................................................................................24-26 Glossary ..................................................................................................................27-29
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Activity Sheet for Learning Experience #1 Name__________________
WEATHER OBSERVATIONS
Record your observations of the weather.
Seeing
Hearing
Touching
Smelling
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Activity Sheet for Learning Experience #2 Name__________________
TEMPERATURE
Cut out the thermometer below. Paste it on a piece of construction paper. Cut the thermometer out again. 120ºC- -- 110 ---- -- 100 ----
Activity Sheet for Learning Experience #2 Page 2 Follow directions below to create your model of a thermometer. 1. Fold your shoelace in half.
Mark the fold with your red crayon.
2. Color half of the shoelace
red with your crayon. Be sure to color both sides.
3. Put the shoelace through
the holes at the top and bottom of the paper thermometer. The red part of the shoelace should be at the bottom.
4. Tie knots at the ends of
the shoelace so it will not slip out of the holes.
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Activity Sheet for Learning Experience #2 Page 3
Find the temperature for each cup of water. Graph the results below. 120ºC- -- 110---- -- 100---- -- 90 ---- -- 80 ---- -- 70 ---- -- 60 ---- -- 50 ---- -- 40 ---- -- 30 ---- -- 20 ---- -- 10 ---- -- 0 ---- -- -10 ---- -- -20 --- -- -30 --- -- -40 --- -- -50 ---
Warm Water Cold Water Tap Water
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Activity Sheet for Learning Experience #3 Name__________________
Find the air temperature and the temperature of the thermometer in each bag. Graph the results. 120°C-- -- 110---- -- 100---- -- 90 ---- -- 80 ---- -- 70 ---- -- 60 ---- -- 50 ---- -- 40 ---- -- 30 ---- -- 20 ---- -- 10 ---- -- 0 ---- -- -10 ---- -- -20 --- -- -30 --- -- -40 --- -- -50 ---
Air Temperature
Thermometer in Black Bag
Thermometer in White Bag
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Activity Sheet for Learning Experience #4 Name__________________
WIND SPEED
Record your observations of the wind.
Seeing
Hearing
Touching
Smelling
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Activity Sheet for Learning Experience #4 Page 2
Beaufort Scale
Wind Speed
Beaufort Number
Category Effects
Less than 1
0 Calm
Smoke rises vertically.
1-3
1 Light Air
Wind direction shown by smoke drift.
4-7
2 Slight Breeze
Wind felt on face. Leaves rustle.
8-12
3 Gentle Breeze
Leaves and twigs in constant motion.
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13-18
4 Moderate Breeze
Dust, loose paper, and branches move.
19-24
5 Fresh Breeze
Small trees sway.
25-31
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Strong Breeze
Large branches sway. Umbrella hard to use.
32-38
7 Near Gale
Whole trees sway.
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39-46
8 Gale
Difficult to walk, twigs break off trees.
47-54
9 Strong Gale
Slight damage to buildings, roof tiles blow off.
55-63
10
Storm Considerable damage to buildings, uproot trees.
64-72
11 Violent Storm
Widespread damage.
73 or More
12 Devastation
Devastation
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Activity Sheet for Learning Experience #4 Page 3 Record your observations below. Name _______________________________ Date ________________________________ Time of Day __________________________ 1. Color the tube to show the temperature. The temperature is _____________ degrees. 120ºC- -- 110 ---- -- 100 ----
-- 90 ----
-- 80 ---- -- 70 ----
-- 60 ----
-- 50 ----
-- 40 ---- -- 30 ----
-- 20 ----
-- 10 ----
-- 0 ----
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Activity Sheet for Learning Experience #4 Page 4 2. The anemometer shows a wind speed of __________ miles per hour. 3. Beaufort Number ____________ 4. Name of the wind speed ____________________
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Activity Sheet for Learning Experience #5 Name__________________
WIND DIRECTION
Materials: Straw Straight pin Piece of clay 2 small paper plates Jar with lid and with hole Piece of masking tape Scissors Pencil 1. On one paper plate, trace the triangle pattern your teacher provides.
Cut out the triangle. This is the “tail” of your wind vane. 2. Tape the triangle to end of the straw.
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Activity Sheet for Learning Experience #5 Page 2 3. Push the straight pin through the center of the straw. (Ask your teacher
to help you!) 4. Push the pin into the eraser of the pencil. 5. Place a ball of clay on the other end of the straw. The straw needs to balance. Add more clay if you need to.
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Activity Sheet for Learning Experience #5 Page 3 6. On the other paper plate, label it as shown below. Poke a hole in the center of the plate with the pencil.
7. Stick the pencil through the hole in the plate and through the hole in the lid of the jar.
Your wind vane is complete.
N
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Hole
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Activity Sheet for Learning Experience #6 Name__________________
Activity Sheet for Learning Experience #6 Page 2 Complete the chart below that will show the type of cloud in the sky and the weather it brings.
Date Picture of Clouds in the Sky
Cloud Family Weather Conditions
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Activity Sheet for Learning Experience #7 Name__________________
WATER CYCLE
Cut out each word below. Paste each word in the correct box on the picture.
Evaporation
Precipitation
Condensation
Run-off
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Activity Sheet for Learning Experience #8 Name__________________
PRECIPITATION Cut out the measurement scale for your rain gauge. Tape it to the side of your jar. The 1 cm. mark should be at the bottom of the jar.
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Activity Sheet for Learning Experience #8 Page 2
PRECIPITATION
Measure the rainfall for 7 days. Create a rainfall graph on the chart below.
Rainfall Graph
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Activity Sheet for Learning Experience #9 Name__________________
FORECASTS VS. TODAY’S WEATHER
Use the weather tools to create your own weather forecast. Date: ____________________ Time: ___________________ Draw a picture of the clouds in the sky today.
Color in the tube to show the temperature. 90°C- 80- 70- 60- 50- 40- 30- 20- 10- 0 - The temperature is _______degrees
The amount of precipitation that has fallen.
______millimeters
Circle which direction the wind vane is pointing. The wind is blowing at _________ miles per hour (mph).
School
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Activity Sheet for Learning Experience #10 Name_________________
TIME & SEASONS Complete the “H” chart below with a partner. Write or draw pictures of things that you might see, do, hear, and/or wear in each part of the day. The middle part of the “H” chart are for the things you do, see, hear, and wear in the day and night.
Daytime
Both
Nighttime
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Activity Sheet for Learning Experience #10 Page 2
Answer the questions below with words or pictures for your season. Season _____________________________________________________ What is the weather like?
What kinds of things do you do outside?
What kinds of clothes do you wear?
What do the animals do in this season?
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Name: ______________________ Date: _________ Weather Student Assessment Directions: Read the question carefully and answer based on your knowledge about weather. Circle the correct answer.
1.) What two senses tell us that a thunderstorm is coming?
A.) Seeing and hearing B.) Touching and smelling C.) Seeing and touching D.) Hearing and smelling
2.) What does a thermometer measure?
A.) Sound B.) Wind C.) Temperature D.) Air
3.) What happens to a thermometer when we put it in hot water?
A.) The red liquid goes down B.) The red liquid goes up C.) The red liquid stays the same D.) Nothing
4.) Wind speed is measured with an ______________________.
A.) Anemometer B.) Thermometer C.) Wind vane D.) Rain gauge
5.) Wind speed is measured in _______________________.
A.) Inches B.) Centimeters C.) Pounds D.) Miles per hour
6.) We use a wind vane and a compass to learn about ______________.
A.) Wind speed B.) Wind direction C.) Our senses D.) Temperature
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Weather Assessment Page 2 7.) A meteorologist is a scientist who studies _______________________.
A.) Rocks B.) Planets C.) Dinosaurs D.) The atmosphere and weather
8.) Cumulus clouds look like __________________.
A.) Fog B.) Cotton balls C.) Feathers D.) People
9.) The imaginary line that runs around the Earth is the _______________.
A.) Axis B.) Equator C.) Hemisphere D.) Orbit
10.) How long does it take for the Earth to make one rotation?
A.) 1 year B.) 1 month C.) 1 week D.) 1 day
11.) How long does it take for the Earth to orbit the Sun?
A.) 24 hours B.) 365 days C.)7 days D.)28 days
12.) The imaginary line that divides the Earth between the North and South Poles is called the ______________________.
A.) Equator B.) Orbit C.) Axis D.) Phase
13.) What is evaporation?
A.) A scientist who studies the weather. B.) A weather prediction
C.) The changing of a liquid to a gas through heat.
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Weather Assessment Page 3
14.) What would you use to find out the temperature outside.
A.) Thermometer B.) Anemometer C.) Beaufort Scale
15.) What is precipitation?
A.) A scientist B.) Water vapor that falls such as rain or snow
C.) Wind
16.) The Beaufort Scale helps us to understand __________________.
A.) Wind B.) Temperature C.) Clouds
17.) What are clouds made of?
A.) Water droplets B.) Wind C.) Air
18.) What is an example of condensation?
A.) Water evaporating from a dish B.) Water that is frozen C.) Water droplets on a glass filled with ice
19.) Evaporation occurs when water is _____________________.
A.) Heated B.) Cooled C.) Frozen
20.) If a thermometer is placed on black paper, the temperature will _____.
A.) Go down B.) Go up C.)Stay the same
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GLOSSARY
Absorb: to take in. Anemometer: an instrument used to measure wind speed in miles per
hour.
Axis: the line in which a rotating object turns. Balance: a state of equilibrium. Celsius: a temperature scale in which the freezing point of water is 0°
and the boiling point is 100°. Cirrus: a class or family of clouds characterized by their thin, white,
smoke-like bands and ice crystals at high altitudes. Compass: an instrument used to determine direction with a freely
rotating magnet to show magnetic north. Condensation: the process of changing from a gas to a liquid because heat
is removed. Cumulus: a class or family of clouds characterized by their dense puffs
and flat bases. Cycle: a series of repeated events. Data: facts or information collected. Degrees: a unit of measure when finding temperature. Equator: the great circle of the Earth that is equal in distance from the
north pole to the south pole. Evaporation: the process of changing from a liquid to a gas due to heat
gain. Forecast: a weather prediction based on data. Hail: supercooled water droplets with a cumulonimbus cloud. (Ice
pellets produced by thunderstorms.) Meteorologist: a scientist who studies the atmosphere.
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Meteorology: the science of studying the atmosphere, including weather and climate.
Model: a structure to serve as a copy of something. North pole: the northern most point of the Earth. Observation: the act of observing for scientific research. Observe: to become aware of an object or event using any of the senses to identify properties. Orbit: the curved path that an object takes around another. Phases: reoccurring appearances or states. Precipitation: the condensation of water vapor that falls to Earth as rain,
snow, sleet, etc. Rain gauge: an instrument used to measure the amount of rain that has
fallen in an area. Reflect: to cast back (light, heat, etc.) from a surface. Revolution: movement in a circular path or orbit. Rotate: to turn around an axis or center point. Scale: a series of steps or degrees. Season: one of the four periods of year: spring, summer, autumn, or
winter, that brings about certain weather conditions and activities.
Senses: human way of understanding the environment and the world
around them through taste, touch, hearing, smell, and sight. Sleet: water droplets that fall from the clouds and freeze as they
meet the colder layer of air or land. South pole: the southern most point of the Earth. Stratus: a class or family of clouds characterized by their gray
horizontal layer at low altitudes.
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Temperature: the measure of warmth or coldness of an object. Thermometer: an instrument used to measure temperature. Tilt: to cause to slope by lifting one end. Water vapor: water in a gaseous state. Weather: the state of the atmosphere relating to wind, temperature,
moisture, etc. Wind: air warmed to different temperatures in natural motion along
the Earth’s surface. Wind vane: an instrument used to measure wind direction.
