Nov. 30, 2005: What Will the Weather Be?

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Activities:

1. Use large construction paper to make a set of weather symbols for your room. Include a symbol for "sunny," "windy," "raining" and "snowy" (if you live in a part of the country where it snows). You may want to use the same symbols that are used on the weather map in your newspaper. Check the weather every day and put your symbol on your refrigerator door or a bulletin board to show your family what the weather will be.

2. Look at the weather map in your newspaper. Put a star on the spot where your town or city is located. What is the weather in your area? Find a state where the temperature is colder than your area. Find a state where the temperature is warmer.

3. Look at your newspaper¹s weather map every day for five days. Write down the high temperature for your area each day. Now use those figures to make a graph showing the temperature over the five days. Did the high go up or down? Which day had the highest temperature? The lowest?

4. What groups of people would be happy to hear each of the following forecasts: (a) warm and sunny, (b) mild, steady rain, (c) heavy snow and (d) strong winds?

5. Make a list of the good things about being a meteorologist. Write a paragraph encouraging young people to consider a career as a meteorologist.

This week's standards:

• Students understand changes in the Earth and sky. (Science: Earth and Space Science)
• Students understand science and technology. (Science: Science and Technology)
  
  (standards by Dr. Sherrye D. Garrett, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi)