Weather Day by Day

First Grade Lesson

(One Week Long)

Janet DeMeester

Standards
Science:
E.ES.01.21 Compare daily changes in the weather related to temperature;
cloud cover; precipitation; wind.

Process:
S.IP.01.11 Make purposeful observation of the natural world using the
appropriate senses
S.IP.01.14 Manipulate simple tools that aid observation and data collection.

Math:
CCSS.Math.Content.1.MD.B.3 Tell and write time in hours and half-hours
using analog and digital clocks.

Objectives
Children will be able to identify temperature based on
whether it is warm, hot, cool, or cold outside.
Students will be able to classify cloud coverage being
cloudy, partly cloudy, foggy, or sunny.
They will demonstrate their knowledge of the different
types of precipitation based on the temperature as rain,
snow, hail, and freezing rain.
Children will identify the wind as calm, breezy, or windy.
Students will be able to look at an analog or digital clock
and be able to read the time.

Materials

Weather symbol cut outs and words

Weather tracking worksheets
What Kind of Weather? by Dona Rice
Crayons
Pencils
Thermometer
Wind vane
Rain gauge
Scene slides
Analog clock
Digital clock

Engagement
What Kind of Weather? by Dona Rice This
book goes through about what different types
of weather are and how you should dress in
them.

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Bulletin Board

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Vocabulary
- Cloudy: When clouds cover the sky
-Partly cloudy: When there are a few clouds in
the sky but not completely covered
-Foggy: When there is a thick mist floating just
above ground level
-Sunny: When there are no clouds and the sky
is clear
-Calm: When there is no wind
-Breezy : When there is a light wind
-Windy: When there is a strong wind
-Rain: Liquid precipitation falling from the sky
-Snow: Semi-solid precipitation falling from the
sky
-Hail: Solid precipitation falling from the sky
-Freezing rain: Very cold rain that can turn solid
just before it hits an object.
-Warm: Room temperature
-Hot: Above room temperature

-Cool: Slightly below room

temperature
-Cold: Freezing temperature or below
-Precipitation: A form of water
condensing and falling to the earths
surface.
-Temperature: A measurement of how
hot or cold it is.
-Thermometer: The device that
measures temperature.
-Wind vane: The device that measures
wind direction.
-Rain gauge: The device that collects
rainwater when it precipitates.
-Fahrenheit: A temperature scale
-Celsius: A universal temperature scale
-Inches: A unit of length, 1/12 of a
foot
-Analog clock: A clock that shows

Explore
TLW experiment with weather tools. There will be different stations that
TLW do the activities in small groups (four groups max.):
Station 1: TLW learn how to use a thermometer. They will each read
both Fahrenheit and Celsius degrees.
Station 2: TLW look at a wind vane and a compass to figure out
where the wind is COMING FROM.
Station 3:TLW analyze a rain gauge. They will look to see how much
it has rained recently by reading the markings on the gauge.
Station 4: TLW color a picture of what the weather looks like
currently. On the backside of the sheet they will color what weather
they wish it was like outside or the opposite of what it is like
outside.(creative expression)

Explanation(everyday)
Each day, a discussion will take place about
how the weather has changed. The concept that
weather is always changing will be represented
through the week by the students noting that it
is a different day of the week but the same
time of day when they take their observations.

(Explanation continued)

Day Two

On the second day of the week, TTW pull up a weather

radar on the projector so the students can see how
meteorologists show the weather interpretations they find. This
will repeated every day after and TTW ask the students to
estimate what the weather will be like the next day based on
what is on the radar.

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Day 3 Elaboration
There will be two bins each with: a winter coat, a rain
coat, a windbreaker, gloves, a rain hat, an umbrella, a
winter hat, a baseball hat, an extra large pair of
basketball shorts, a large t-shirt, sunglasses, and a
scarf. The students will be split into two groups. One
person from each group will be chosen as the model.
The other students must take turns hurrying (not
running) across to their bin, one at a time, picking out
one clothing item and bringing it back for the model to
put on (Jeanne).

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Read the radar!

Evaluation

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Scientific Background
Weather is always changing. It changes because of the rotation of the Earth, the angle of the Earths
axis and the rotation around the sun (Lecture). Air pressures affect the direction in which winds come
from. The wind will spiral inward and counterclockwise around a low pressure system and outward and
clockwise around a high pressure system. In similar ways, The high and low pressures affect the amount
of clouds in the sky. It is more likely to be cloudy or partly cloudy around a low pressure system
because the air is being pushed in and upwards in a counterclockwise direction. Skies are clear around a
high pressure because the air is being pushed out and downwards in a clockwise direction(Text).
Temperature varies because of Earths distance from the sun. Temperatures change for certain regions
of the world because of how the Earths axis is tilted effects how much direct sunlight that area gets.
Precipitation is variable depending on the humidity and cloud coverage. When the percent of
humidity is higher it is closer to the point of precipitation. The different types of precipitation are based
on the temperatures within the atmosphere and Earths surface. In colder atmosphere and Earth surface
temperatures precipitation is called snow because it falls in a semi-solid form of ice crystals. When it is
colder in the upper atmosphere than the lower atmosphere and Earths surface is similar in temperature
to the lower atmosphere, the precipitation that forms is hail. When the temperature throughout the upper
atmosphere is cold ,the air in the lower atmosphere is warmer, and the Earths surface is cold, the
precipitation falls as a semi solid through the upper atmosphere, melts in the lower atmosphere and falls
as a liquid then hits Earths surface and freezes. Precipitation falls as a liquid throughout most of the
atmosphere as rain which happens in warmer temperatures(Text).

Works Cited