Teaching Themes
Weather: Everything You Need
Experiment with online weather tools, meet weather experts, track storms, and learn about earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, and more.
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Lesson Plans I Am a Weather WatcherGrades: PreK–K, 1–2 Students observe weather patterns and report what they see. They learn about different types of clouds and how each type is related to weather... |
Extension Activities, Book Resources Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Extension ActivitiesGrades: 3–5 Extension activity for Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett. |
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Unit Plans, Online Learning Activities Operation Weather StationGrades: 3–5 Students compare data they obtain from a working weather station to actual weather information from newspapers or online sources. |
Activity Plan 4-5: A Cloudy ProjectGrades: PreK–K Children will develop observational, language, math, and science concepts as they study cloud formations and weather in this ready-to-use teaching... |
Activity Plan Mixed Ages: Move Like the Wind!Grades: PreK–K When the wind blows, the dancing begins, in this ready-to-use teaching idea for mixed ages. Activity: Movement |
 Unit Plans A Week of Winter WeatherGrades: PreK–K, 1–2 Students learn about winter weather through scientific investigation, vocabulary lessons, and poetry writing in this unit plan. |
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Lesson Plans, Writing Activities, Book Resources Escaping the Giant Wave Lesson PlanGrades: 3–5 Escaping the Giant Wave is a perfect way to introduce reference skills to the students with a high interest topic--tsunamis. The students liked... |
Activities and Games, Lesson Plans Today's TemperatureGrades: PreK–K, 1–2 Students practice reading and recording the temperature on a thermometer. |
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Activities and Games, Lesson Plans Tracking TemperatureGrades: PreK–K Students listen to readings and learn to chart winter temperatures on paper thermometers. |
Activity Plan 4-5: What Can the Wind Blow?Grades: PreK–K Children will develop science, math, and observation skills as they learn about the wind in this ready-to-use teaching idea for four- and five-... |
Lesson Plans, Book Resources Can You Believe? HurricanesGrades: 3–5 A fascinating, up-close look at the causes of hurricanes and tornadoes. Through the use of nonfiction, students will gain an understanding of... |
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Lesson Plans Flying the Friendly SkiesGrades: 1–2, 3–5 Use fly gliders to teach your students about wind and it's effects on objects, with weight as a determining factor. |
Learning About the EquatorGrades: 3–5, 6–8 Give a warm welcome to spring by inviting your students to study some of the hottest places on Earththe tropical rainforests, diverse cultures,... |
Activity Plan 2-3: Create an All-Weather MuralGrades: PreK–K Children will work cooperatively to make a group mural they can exhibit and enjoy outdoors offers in this ready-to-use teaching ideas for two- and... |
Unit Plans, Computer Lab Activities, Online Learning Activities, Writing Activities Extreme Research ReportGrades: 6–8 Students research the causes and effects of extreme weather. |
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Articles, Computer Lab Activities, Online Learning Activities Internet Field Trip: Measuring the WeatherGrades: 3–5, 6–8 This content resource is designed to help teachers find information on the Web on weather measurement. Suggestions for teaching ideas, related... |
 Activities and Games, Lesson Plans, Book Resources Snow Globe Family Lesson PlanGrades: PreK–K, 1–2 In this lesson plan, a fun addition to a conversation about snow and the weather, students create their own snow globes. |
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Book Resources, Books Blizzard!Grades: 3–5, 6–8 Jim Murphy tells the story of the Great Blizzard of 1888 through the eyes and words of survivors and victims alike. They will learn about the men... |
 Lesson Plans Blizzard! Lesson PlanGrades: 6–8 Jim Murphy tells the story of the Great Blizzard of 1888 through the words of survivors and victims. Readers will learn about the men, women, and... |
