1.30 Weather Tracker: What Is Going On Outside
“Weather Tracker – What is going on outside?” is Lesson 1.30 (Mathematical Applications unit) from the National FFA Grow Your PALS mentoring program guide. In this large-group lesson, students learn to define weather, climate, and precipitation, read the major parts of a weather report, build a rain gauge to track rainfall and weather patterns over three weeks, and connect rainfall to the water requirements of local crops.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Define weather, climate and precipitation.
- Explain the major parts of a weather report.
- Track the rainfall and weather patterns over time.
- Name three local crops and the rain required for those crops.
- Time required
- Instruction time for this lesson: 50 minutes.
- Materials
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- PALS1.30.LG.ASSESS.A – one per student
- PALS1.30.LG.AS.A – one per student
- PALS1.30.LG.TM.A – one set printed off or ready on an overhead projector
- Computer with Internet access (if forecast website is incorporated into the lesson)
- One clear jar per student
- One ruler per student
- One permanent marker per student
- Unit
- Mathematical Applications
- Precepts
- E – Awareness; E1. Address issues important to the community
- Lesson Type
- Large Group
- Key Terms
- Weather, Precipitation, Climate
- Resources
- The Weather Channel Kids! www.theweatherchannelkids.com; National FFA Organization. (2003). LifeKnowledge Precepts and Signs of Success.
Downloads & Links
Aligned Standards
National Standards
- CS.01.05.01.aDiscuss trends and issues important to the community.
- NM-MEA.PK-2.1Understand Measurable Attributes of Objects and the Units, Systems and Processes of Measurement.
- NM-MEA.PK-2.2Apply Appropriate Techniques, Tools and Formulas to Determine Measurements
- NM-NUM.PK-2.1Understand Numbers, Ways of Representing Numbers, Relationships Among Numbers, and Number Systems
- NM-NUM.PK-2.3Compute Fluently and Make Reasonable Estimates
- NS.K-4.1Science as Inquiry
- NS.K-4.3Life Science
- NS.K-4.4Earth and Space Science