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Overview:
The students will compare a weather forecast from the newspaper
with the day’s actual weather. They will discuss the fact
that forecasts are predictions based on observed and recorded
data. They will discuss ways that forecasts can help them make
decisions about outdoor activities.
Preparation:
- Bring to class
the weather forecast found in the newspaper the day before.
- Load the weather
forecast template on your computer.
- On a sheet of
newsprint, make a chart like the one on the template.
Procedure:
- Have the students
gather information about today’s weather: cloud cover,
precipitation, wind, and temperature.
- Record the information
on the chart.
- Read the weather
forecast from the newspaper and record it on the chart.
- Have the students
discuss any differences they see between the data they collected
and the weather forecast from the newspaper.
- Discuss how a
forecast can help us decide what to wear and what outside
activities are possible.
- Explain the Kidspiration
activity to the students.
- Each morning,
each student will make their weather prediction by choosing
a picture to show cloud cover, precipitation and wind. They
will type in the temperature.
- In the afternoon,
each student will show the actual weather in the appropriate
spaces.
- Print each student’s
work.
- At the end of
the day, discuss how close their predictions were
