Download Subject Area: Science Unit: Weather Student Name

Subject Area: Science
Unit: Weather
Student Name: ________________
I must be comfortable with the following ideas and concepts:
Concept
1. I am able to use what I
know about:
a. warm air rising and cool
air falling
b. the earth’s atmosphere
to predict where it is
most likely to be warm
and cool, both inside and
outside.
2. I am able to describe
how air moves when one
area is warm and
another area is cool.
3. I can use different
instruments to find how
fast the wind is moving
and from what direction
it is blowing from.
4. I can prove that the air
contains evaporated
water, and that
precipitation and dew
are created as a result of
this moisture.
5. I know the difference
between rain, snow, hail,
and sleet and can
accurately measure each
of these forms of
precipitation.
6. I am able to identify
different types of clouds
and use them to predict
different weather
patterns.
Evidence of Learning
7. I am able to accurately
measure different
aspects of weather,
including temperature,
air pressure, wind speed
and direction, and
relative humidity, and
record it over a period of
time.
8. I understand how the
Sun affects the earth’s
temperature, both in the
difference between day
and night and from
season to season.
9. I understand that
different materials, like
sand, snow, dirt, water,
and rock, heat and cool
differently, affecting
weather systems.
10. I am able to describe
the difference between
climate and weather, and
understand why the
earth has different
climates.
11. I am able to describe
how human actions have
an impact on changing
weather patterns.
12. I know how
important it is to be able
to forecast the weather
so that I can be
adequately prepared.
13. I am able to make
decisions regarding
which types of fabrics
stand up better to
different types of
weather based on my
own tests/observations.