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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Weather Watchers

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Students identify basic weather instruments and how they are used to record weather data. Students define several vocabulary terms as stated in lesson. Students use basic instruments to record weather data in their area. Students use the...
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PPT
Curated OER

Weather Instruments

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Middle school meteorologists get acquainted with basic weather instruments: the thermometer, barometer, psychrometer, and anemometer. For each, the question is asked, "Do you think you can make a _______________?" At these points, you...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Homemade Barometer

For Teachers 5th - 8th
To reinforce the action of air pressure, have your meteorology pupils construct a barometer. They place the barometer into a closed system, a miniature atmosphere if you will, and notice the movement of the needle on the homemade...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Air Pressure

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students design and use a barometer to study air pressure. For this weather lesson, students identify the causes of air pressure. They design and use a barometer to determine how air pressure relates to air temperature and weather...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Dimensional Analysis Practice Problems

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this science and engineering instructional activity, students use dimensional analysis to solve each of the problems stated on the sheet. They illustrate their work and how they arrived at their answers by using significant figures...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Good News - We're on the Rise!

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students build and observe a simple aneroid barometer to discover changes in barometric pressure and weather forecasting. They graph changes in barometric pressure for two weeks and make weather predictions.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Weather Watchers

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students engage in this weather predicting lesson. They discover instrumentation used in the meteorological science. With this knowledge, they will create their own "low-tech" versions of weather instrumentation such as thermometers,...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Big Crush

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine weather maps from their state from the past few days. They examine the Highs and Lows on the maps to determine what kind of weather they produce. They use that information to better prepare for their activities and what...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Air Expansion and Contraction

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Learners observe that air exerts pressure, that heated air expands and that cooled air contracts. After the demonstration, students engage in a question and answer session about what they saw.
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Predicting the Weather

For Students 9th - 10th
Here's a good way to get yourself on TV. This science fair project will help you learn how to predict the weather. So who knows, maybe you'll be more accurate than your local meteorologist.
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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: What Is a Barometer?

For Teachers 4th
Learn about the barometer and how it helps to predict the weather.
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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Weather Tools of the Trade

For Teachers 4th
Learn all about the basic meteorological instruments.
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Interactive
American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Stuff to Do: Make a Weather Station

For Students 3rd - 8th
Make a wind vane, rain gauge, and barometer and learn how to measure wind direction, rainfall, and air pressure.