• Gain understanding of the weather associated with different types of clouds.
• Identify weather patterns from data charts including temperature, wind direction and speed, and precipitation.
• Record and analyze data on graphs.
• Identify weather information from a variety of sources.
• Acquire vocabulary associated with meteorological study.
• Apply language, math, and social studies skills in the context of scientific investigations.
• Use scientific thinking processes to conduct investigations and build explanations:  observing, communicating, comparing, and organizing.
• Work collaboratively and use tools and scientific techniques to make better observations.
• 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

Weather
Patterns
Upper Moreland
Science
Module

Content:  Earth Science
Develop students’ understanding of organisms and their environments.

• Weather changes from day to day and over seasons
• The sun provides the heat and light necessary to maintain the temperature of the earth.
• Cloud movement is able to be observed, measured, charted, and predicted.
• The formation of clouds is directly related to the amount of heat and moisture in the atmosphere and the barometric pressure.
• The seasons affect the growth cycle for vegetation, as producers, has impact on the consumers.

Internet Links:
Achieve.Weatherbug.com

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

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

umtsd.org/Science_list

Planned Instruction