1. Climate & Weather A Fourth Grade MST Inquiry Unit Kalea Jackson

2. Motivation

3. Lesson Plans Lesson #1 What is weather and climate? Lesson #1 What is weather and climate? Lesson #3 Precipitation Lesson #3 Precipitation Lesson #5 The Water Cycle Lesson #5 The Water Cycle Lesson #6 Our Climate Lesson #6 Our Climate Lesson #4 Temperature Lesson #4 Temperature Lesson #2 Wind Lesson #2 Wind

4. Key Concepts 2.1b Weather can be described and measured… 2.1c Weather is recycled by natural processes on Earth. 2.1d Erosion and deposition result from the interaction of air, water, and land. Climate & Weather

5. Definitions Weather is...the amount of precipitation, wind, temperature, and barometric pressure at a given location. Climate is...the total of all weather occuring over a period of years in a given place. Weather is...the amount of precipitation, wind, temperature, and barometric pressure at a given location. Climate is...the total of all weather occuring over a period of years in a given place.

6. Lesson #1 What is Weather? What is Climate? What is Weather? What is Climate?

7. The Students will be able to... Answer 10 questions about climate and weather after navigating an online scavenger hunt. Label the 7 climate regions in the USA

8. The Scavenger Hunt www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/list weatherka6.html www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/list weatherka6.html

9. Open-ended Questions What else would you like to know about weather & climate? Why do you think weather & climate are related? What else would you like to know about weather & climate? Why do you think weather & climate are related?

10. Assessment Students will be graded upon the completion of: The worksheet The map

11. Lesson #2 What is Wind? How is Wind Measured? What is Wind? How is Wind Measured?

12. The Students Will Be Able To... Correctly answer 10 multiple- choice questions on a quiz about wind. Construct a line graph using data from four wind speeds.

13. Student-Performance Based Product

14. Open-Ended Questions What else do you want to know about wind? How would you guess wind affects weather? What else do you want to know about wind? How would you guess wind affects weather?

15. Assessment Students will be graded upon completion of: The quiz The line graph

16. Lesson #4 What is temperature? How is it measured? What is temperature? How is it measured?

17. Hands-On Manipulative Unknown Object (thermometer)

18. THE STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO… Write an analysis of an unknown object in 10 sentences and 2 questions. Construct a chart with at least 5 numbers of temperature data.

19. Open-Ended Questions What else would you like to know about temperature and how it affects weather and climate? Why do you think that the temperature changes throughout the day? What else would you like to know about temperature and how it affects weather and climate? Why do you think that the temperature changes throughout the day?

20. Assessment Students will be graded upon completion of: The written analysis The chart

21. Filamentality Webpage The created webpage is a collection of useful websites for teachers and students. Included are “Teacher Resources”, which provides teachers with lesson plans, activity ideas, and multimedia interactives. There are four categories for students: Games, Activities, Experiments, and Videos to provide them with engaging and motivating resources. Link to Webpage: http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/listclimateka.html http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/listclimateka.html

22. Online Resources http://www.theweatherchannelkids.com/wea therED/ http://www.education.noaa.gov/tweather.ht ml http://www.teachervision.fen.com/weather/t eacher-resources/6675.html http://weathereye.kgan.com/cadet/climate/cl imate_vs.html