1. Higher order questions
Lesson Topic(s): Science
2nd Grade
Week of: 3/4-3/8
Objectives: Students will understand patterns in sky, seasons, and weather.
TEKS: 2.8A, 2.8B, 2.8C, 2.2A-F, 2.3A-C, 2.4A-C importance of weather and seasons and patterns in the sky
ELPS: 3.B.3, 1.F, 4.C.3, 1.D ,1.G,4.G,5.B5.G
Essential Question(s): What are patterns we see regularly in the sky, seasons, and in weather?
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Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Lesson Plan
Types of Weather
Sun, rain, wind, snow
Thunderstorms
Video What is a Thnderstorm (4:41) Dr. DeMaio
Rain in a Jar experiment
Make a rain storm using snaps, slaps, and stomps
Thunderstorm safety
Tornado
Video: Tornado Facts For Children (8:54) Dr. DeMaio
Experiment:Tornasdo in a Jar
Discuss Tornado safety rules
Hurricanes
Hurricane safety tips
How they are formed and how they move over water and lose power over land
How do you prepare for storm
Blizzards
Experiments : Making snow from shaving cream and corn starch
Safety tips
Vocabulary
Meteorologists
Fair
Precipitation
Hail sleet snow rain freezing rain
Thunder
Lightning
Thunderstorm
Severe weather
Shelter
Seek cover
Eye of the storm
Vortex
Ocean
Gale force winds
rainfall
Drifts
snowfall
Higher order questions
How does predicting the weather make your life better?
Why would it be important to know thunderstorm safety rules?
Explain how tornado watch and warnings are different.
Compare and contrast tornados and hurricanes.
How is a regular snow fall different from a blizzard?
Assessment Strategy
Record the weather each day
Worksheet: I’m A Meteorologist
Respond to experiment Rain in a Jar
Draw a weather picture showing what you should do in severe weather.
Record a weather report telling people what they should do during a hurricane on Vid Clips
Art activity: Make snow from shaving cream and cornstarch or cut snowflakes from paper