We have been learning about the weather over the last couple of weeks and the kids have been loving it. There's no better way to learn about the weather than to be in it!
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| Little Dude eats snack and makes observations |
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| Pumpkin needs sunglasses on this perfectly clear day. |
We used all of the tools we could to learn how to read thermometers, rain gauges, and make observations.
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| fog on an early morning walk |
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| Dew on a spider's web is a sign of good weather ahead! |
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| A favorite project |
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| By the end of one week, we had a lot of data! |
The kids made a "weather station" by recycling a plastic bottle and using parts of a bought kit. (They gathered pebbles to weight the bottle down.) They loved to see how the weather vane and anemometer worked. Talking about wind speed and direction inspired us to look for flags, wind socks, and to make and fly kites.
We watched videos of different types of weather online on the
Discovery Channel. Lightning, tornados and hurricanes were a big hit.
We followed the progression of Tropical Storm Karen online at
The Weather Channel and
The National Hurricane Center.
I created a weather unit for the kids including three part cards of types of weather, data recording sheets, a weather mini-book, and a thermometer memory game for them to make and play. You can find it
here on my store on TPT.
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