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Video Clips Used in Outline:

"Check Out the Satellites" by SciShow Kids. This video clip explains to students that there are thousands of satellites in space used by scientists and for every-day activities (e.g. GPS).

"Our Sun" by Kids Academy. This video clip explains to students various facts about the sun including how far away it is, dwarf star, and how it provides warmth.

"How to Read a Thermometer" by Miacademy Learning Channel. This video clip explains to students various temperature facts and how to read a thermometer in both Celsius and Fahrenheit.

"Wind Direction and Speed" by Met Office- Weather. This video clip explains how to measure wind direction by using a wind vane and wind speed by using an anemometer.

"Day and Night" by Learning Junction. This video clip explains how the Sun, Earth, and Moon rotate causing day and night.

Interactive Websites Used in Outline:

NASA Climate Kids. This interactive website allows students to explore various weather-related categories like atmosphere, water, and climate.

Zoom Earth. This interactive website allows students to explore Earth via live satellite in Space.

Other Interactive Websites:

National Geographic- Science. This interactive website allows students to explore various science experiments and phenomenons.

University of Illinois Extension. This interactive website allows students to explore different weather-related categories like clouds, temperature, and precipitation.

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Used in Outline:

"A Stroll Through the Seasons" by Kay Barnham. This children's book is about the seasons and why we have them.

"Types of Precipitation" by Nadia Higgins. This children's book is about the four types of precipitation.

Other Books:

"The Meteorologist in Me" by Britteny Shipp. This children's book is about a young girl named Summer that wants to be a meteorologist when she grows up.

"The Rhythm of the Rain" by Grahame Baker-Smith. This children's book is about a little boy and the water-cycle all over the world.

"Weather and Climate" by Katie Daynes and Russell Tate. This children's book is about where weather and climate come from; whether it's the land, sea, or sky.

"Weather Words and What They Mean" by Gail Gibbons. This children's book is about various weather words like rainbows, hail, hurricanes, etc.

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2.E.1 Understand patterns of weather and factors that affect weather.

2.E.1.1 Summarize how energy from the sun serves as a source of light that warms the land, air and water.

2.E.1.2 Summarize weather conditions using qualitative and quantitative measures to describe:

1. Temperature

2. Wind direction

3. Wind speed

4. Precipitation

2.E.1.3 Compare weather patterns that occur over time and relate observable patterns to time of day and time of year.

2.E.1.4 Recognize the tools that scientists use for observing, recording, and predicting weather changes from day to day and during the seasons.

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Changes, Conditions, Energy, Formation, Fronts, Layers, Movement, Patterns, Power, Pressure, Repetition, Systems

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Air- the invisible gaseous substance surrounding the earth, a mixture mainly of oxygen and nitrogen.

Anemometer- common instrument used at weather stations to obtain the wind speed.

Atmosphere- the envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet.

Changes- to make the form, nature, content, future course, etc., of (something) different from what it is or from what it would be if left alone.

Climate- the weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period.

Clouds- a visible mass of condensed water vapor floating in the atmosphere, typically high above the ground.

Daylight- the first appearance of light in the morning; dawn.

Direction- a course along which someone or something moves.

Energy- power derived from the utilization of physical or chemical resources, especially to provide light and heat or to work machines.

Forecast- predict or estimate (a future event or trend).

Land- the part of the earth's surface that is not covered by water, as opposed to the sea or the air.

Light- the natural agent that stimulates sight and makes things visible.

Meteorology- the branch of science concerned with the processes and phenomena of the atmosphere, especially as a means of forecasting the weather.

Observing- notice or perceive (something) and register it as being significant.

Patterns- decorate with a repeated design.

Precipitation- the action or process of precipitating a substance from a solution.

Predicting- say or estimate that (a specified thing) will happen in the future or will be a consequence of something.

Rain Gauge- an instrument used by meteorologists and hydrologists to gather and measure the amount of liquid precipitation over an area in a predefined period of time.

Recording- the action or process of recording sound or a performance for subsequent reproduction or broadcast.

Seasons- each of the four divisions of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter) marked by particular weather patterns and daylight hours, resulting from the earth's changing position with regard to the sun.

Speed- the rate at which someone or something is able to move or operate.

Sun- the star around which the earth orbits.

Temperature- a measure of the warmth or coldness of an object or substance with reference to some standard value. The temperature of two systems is the same when the systems are in thermal equilibrium.

Time- the indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past, present, and future regarded as a whole.

Thermometer- an instrument for measuring and indicating temperature, typically one consisting of a narrow, hermetically sealed glass tube marked with graduations and having at one end a bulb containing mercury or alcohol that expands and contracts in the tube with heating and cooling.

Water- a transparent, odorless, tasteless liquid, a compound of hydrogen and oxygen, H2O, freezing at 32°F or 0°C and boiling at 212°F or 100°C, that in a more or less impure state constitutes rain, oceans, lakes, rivers, etc.: it contains 11.188 percent hydrogen and 88.812 percent oxygen, by weight.

Weather- the state of the atmosphere at a place and time as regards heat, dryness, sunshine, wind, rain, etc.

Wind- the perceptible natural movement of the air, especially in the form of a current of air blowing from a particular direction.

Wind Vane- used as part of the anemometer to determine the wind's direction.

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3, 2, 1 Exit Ticket

4 C's Exit Ticket

Bar Graph Exit Ticket

Compass Points Exit Ticket

See, Think, Wonder

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In small groups, students will explore the NASA Climate Kids interactive website. They will then create a short (8-10 minute) meteorologist segment as if they were on their local news. Each group will be assigned a different season to report on. The group will have to research the average temperatures, precipitation, etc. It will imperative that they are able to describe the “why.”  They will use poster boards, maps, tools, and other creative ways to show that they are expert meteorologists.

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1. Branches of earth science. (2020, May 18). CK-12 Foundation. https://www.ck12.org/earth-science/branches-of-earth-science/lesson/Branches-of-Earth-Science-MS-ES/

2. How to make a wind vane. (2008, January 22). wikiHow. Retrieved March 26, 2021, from https://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Wind-Vane

3. National Renewable Energy Laboratory Education Programs. (n.d.). Fun With The Sun. Teacher's Activity Guide for Elementary Grades K-2. https://www.nrel.gov/docs/gen/fy01/30928.pdf

4. Second-grade lesson on thermometers. (n.d.). Education - Seattle PI. https://education.seattlepi.com/secondgrade-lesson-thermometers-6688.html

5. Virginia Department of Education. (2012). Science Enhanced Scope and Sequence- Grade 1. https://www.doe.virginia.gov/testing/sol/standards_docs/science/2010/lesson_plans/grade1/interrelationships_in_earth-space_sys/sess_1-6a.pdf

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Earth is a massive yet beautiful planet or sphere in which we live. It is extremely complex and embodies extensive patterns and systems. This includes weather and meteorology. "Meteorology by definition is the branch of science concerned with the processes and phenomena of the atmosphere, especially as a means of forecasting the weather. Meteorologists collect data and predict future weather so we can stay always stay one step ahead!