4 - H Youth
School
Enrichment
Programs
| Weather Together |
| An Earth Science Unit |
| 3rd - 5th Grade Classrooms |
| The 4-H Weather Together project engages learners in the exploration of weather through a variety of classroom-based and self-guided activities. The teaching strategy reflected in this unit encourages inquiry-based learning, the active use of science skills, and the use of creative and critical-thinking skills. Students will explore the influence of sunlight, gravity and moisture on the atmosphere, and the interaction of these influences which creates weather. Students will learn to predict the level and intensity of these interactions on local weather conditions. |
| Weather Together activities are designed with the busy teacher in mind. This five-week, five-lesson unit is designed to be taught in 60-minute intervals, with the potential to expand to 120 minutes if optional Digging Deeper and Going Beyond Activities are conducted. The book includes photo-ready transparencies, cut and assemble teaching posters, end-of-lesson review tests, read and do worksheets, a glossary of weather-related terms, a shopping list of equipment and consumables, and web page support for predicting local weather conditions; |
| http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~weather |
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Weather Together was developed by professional staff at The Ohio State University as part of the Science Alive in the Classroom series of 4-H school enrichment programs. |
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