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Overview
Students investigate and explore the natural world by using simple tools to observe and monitor change as concepts of earth science are introduced.

lightening

Learning Expectation
Understand the basic elements of weather and climate

  • Develop an interest in air and weather.
  • Experience air as a material that takes up space and can be compressed into a smaller space.
  • Observe the force of air pressure pushing on objects and materials.
  • Observe and compare how moving air interacts with objects.
  • Observe and describe changes that occur in weather over time.
  • Become familiar with instruments used by meteorologists to monitor air and weather conditions.
  • Compare monthly and seasonal weather conditions using bar graphs.
  • Observe the location of the Sun and the Moon in the sky over a day and the change in the appearance of the moon over a month.
  • Organize and communicate observations through drawing and writing.
  • Acquire vocabulary associated with science.
  • Use scientific thinking processes to conduct investigations and build explanations: observing, communicating, and comparing.
  • Understand science safety and follow safe practices during investigations.

Assessments:

  • Lab experiments
  • Performance assessments
  • Reflective journals
  • Teacher created assessments
  • End of unit projects
  • Rubrics
  • Checklists
  • Homework/Class work
  • Teacher observations

 

Air
&
Weather

Full Option
Science System
Module
(FOSS)

balloons

Content:  Earth Science
Develop students’ understanding of the characteristics of earth materials, objects in the sky, and changes in the sky

  • Weather changes from day to day and over the seasons.
  • Weather can be described by measurable quantities, such as temperature, wind direction and speed, and precipitation.
  • Objects in the sky have a pattern of movement.  The Moon moves across the sky on a daily basis much like the Sun.  The movements can be observed and described.
  • The Sun provides the light and heat necessary to maintain the temperature of the Earth.
  • Earth materials include air (gases of the atmosphere).  Air has specific properties, which can be measured using tools.
 

Internet Links
FOSSweb.com

pde.state.pa.us/k12/lib/k12/scitech.doc

http://Achieve.Weatherbug.com

education-world.com/
standards/national/science/index.shtm

Planned Instruction