Evaluation / Lesson Plan
(This plan will cover 5 days of teaching,
including a test.)
Standard 4.6
Objectives-
1. The student will investigate and understand how weather conditions and phenomena
occur and can be predicted. Key concepts include
•weather factors (temperature, air pressure, fronts, formation and type
of clouds, and storms); and
•meteorological tools (barometer, hygrometer, anemometer, rain gauge,
and thermometer).
2. I will focus on weather conditions and a more technical understanding of the tools and methods used to forecast future atmospheric conditions. It is intended that students will learn about science investigation, reasoning, and logic skills (4.1) in the context of the key concepts presented in this standard.
Strategies-
Day 1. Watch live telecast of the Weather Channel—20 minutes, followed
by my explanation of what was seen. Homework- Watch weather report on 6 o’clock
news Channel 17, and then read chapter on weather.
Day 2. Video- Weather and the Farmer
Day 3. Field trip to Channel 17.
Day 4. Class discussion of field trip.
Assessment-
Day 5. Textbook test for Chapter on Weather.
Extra Credit:
Collage on pictures of weather.