EARTH SCIENCE: WEATHER

MS. CARRANO
GRADE 2
SCIENCE

OBJECTIVES
STUDENTS WILL ANALYZE AND INTERPRET
DATA FROM OBSERVATIONS AND
MEASUREMENTS TO DESCRIBE LOCAL
WEATHER CONDITIONS (INCLUDING
TEMPERATURE, WIND, AND FORMS OF
PRECIPITATION).

COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS:

2.E.2
2.E.2A.
2.E.2A.1

STUDENTS WILL ANALYZE LOCAL WEATHER

DATA TO PREDICT DAILY AND SEASONAL
PATTERNS OVER TIME.

2.E.2A.2

STUDENTS WILL DEVELOP AND USE MODELS

TO DESCRIBE AND COMPARE THE EFFECTS OF
WIND(MOVING AIR) ON OBJECTS

2.E.2A.4

STUDENTS WILL OBTAIN AND COMMUNICATE

INFORMATION ABOUT SEVERE WEATHER

2.E.2A.3
HTTP://ED.SC.GOV/SCDOE/ASSETS/FILE/
INSTRUCTION/STANDARDS/SCIENCE/SUPPO
RT%20DOCUMENTS/SCIENCE_2SUPPORT.PDF

QUESTIONS?
WHAT IS WEATHER?
WHAT IS A WEATHER SCIENTIST CALLED?
WHAT ARE THE MODELS TO DESCRIBE OR COMPARE EFFECTS OF WIND ON OBJECTS?
WHAT ARE THE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS NEEDED DURING SERVE WEATHER CONDITIONS?
WHAT LOCAL WEATHER DATA ARE USED TO PREDICT DAILY OR SEASONAL PATTERNS
OVER TIME?
HOW CAN YOU INTERPRET DATA FROM OBSERVATIONS AND MEASUREMENTS TO
DESCRIBE LOCAL WEATHER CONDITIONS?

WHAT IS WEATHER?
WEATHER IS THE
COMBINATION OF
SUNLIGHT, WIND,
PRECIPITATION (RAIN, SLEET,
SNOW, AND HAIL), AND
TEMPERATURE IN A
PARTICULAR REGION AT A
PARTICULAR TIME.

WHAT IS A WEATHER SCIENTIST CALLED?

WEATHER SCIENTIST OR
METEOROLOGISTS FORECAST
SEVERE WEATHER SO THAT
COMMUNITIES CAN PREPARE
FOR AND RESPOND TO THESE
EVENTS.

WHAT ARE THE MODELS TO DESCRIBE OR

COMPARE EFFECTS OF WIND ON OBJECTS?

WHAT ARE THE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS

NEEDED DURING SEVERE WEATHER
CONDITIONS?

WHAT LOCAL WEATHER DATA ARE USED TO

PREDICT DAILY OR SEASONAL PATTERNS
OVER TIME?
YOU CAN USE CLIMATE DATA TO MAKE PREDICTIONS
YOU CAN USE DATA TO DESCRIBE U.S. CLIMATES
YOU CAN USE DATA TO DESCRIBE WORLD CLIMATES

HOW CAN YOU INTERPRET DATA FROM OBSERVATIONS AND

MEASUREMENTS TO DESCRIBE LOCAL WEATHER
CONDITIONS?
READ A THERMOMETER
COMPARE TEMPERATURES
COLLECT AND GRAPH TEMPERATURE
DATA

VOCABULARY
METEOROLOGISTS OR WEATHER SCIENTISTS WHO FORECAST SEVERE
WEATHER SO THAT COMMUNITIES CAN PREPARE FOR AND RESPOND TO
THESE EVENTS
WEATHER IS THE COMBINATION OF SUNLIGHT, WIND, PRECIPITATION, AND
TEMPERATURE IN A PARTICULAR REGION AT A PARTICULAR TIME.