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Sky Watchers Weather Learning Stations - Grades 4, 5 and 6
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Published by
Environment Canada, Sky Watchers Program
4905 Dufferin Street, Toronto ON M3H 5T4
Project Management
Victoria Hudec (Outreach Officer -- Ontario; Sky Watchers National Coordinator)
Learning Stations Development and Content
- Nicole Lantz, Sprout Educational Consulting, Bedford, Nova Scotia
- Susan Gesner, Gesner & Associates Environmental Learning, Caledon, Ontario
Under Pressure Story and Suction Cup Activity
Used with permission by author Aaron D. Isabelle, Department of Elementary Education, State University of New York at New Paltz
Learning Outcomes
Curriculum Services Canada
Publication Design
Nicole Lantz, Sprout Educational Consulting, Bedford, Nova Scotia
Photography
- Victoria Hudec, Environment Canada
- Vision Photography, Truro, Nova Scotia
- Environment Canada Corporate Photobank
Acknowledgements
A special thanks is extended to the teachers throughout Canada who reviewed the Sky Watchers Weather Learning Stations. Appreciation is expressed to Ian Khan, Meteorologist at Environment Canada in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and to Georgiana Chung, Graphic Designer at Environment Canada in Toronto, Ontario, for their expertise. As well, thanks are extended to the provincial and territorial science consultants for their input.
- 1. Quick Reference Guide
- 2. Introductory Activity: Rain Circle (5 minutes)
- 3. Tips: How to Use Learning Stations
- 4. Station 1: Wind Inspectors
- 5. Station 1: Wind Inspectors — Student Instructions
- 6. Station 1: Wind Inspectors — Student Handout
- 7. Station 2: What a Wacky Winter!
- 8. Station 2: What a Wacky Winter! — Student Instructions
- 9. Station 2: What a Wacky Winter! — Student Handout
- 10. Station 3: Click!
- 11. Station 3: Click! — Student Instructions
- 12. Station 3: Click! — Student Handout
- 13. Station 4: Lights, Camera, Weather, Action!
- 14. Station 4: Student Instructions
- 15. Station 4: Student Handout
- 16. Station 5: Is Air Really There?
- 17. Station 5: Is Air Really There? — Student Instructions
- 18. Station 5: Is Air Really There? — Student Handout
- 19. Station 6: Under Pressure
- 20. Station 6: Under Pressure — Student Instructions
- 21. Station 6: Under Pressure — Student Handout A
- 22. Station 6: Under Pressure — Student Handout B - Story
- 23. Adaptations and Extensions
- 24. Station 1: Wind Inspectors — Curriculum Outcomes
- 25. Station 2: What a Wacky Winter! — Curriculum Outcomes
- 26. Station 3: Click! — Curriculum Outcomes
- 27. Station 4: Lights, Camera, Weather, Action! — Curriculum Outcomes
- 28. Station 5: Is Air Really There? — Curriculum Outcomes
- 29. Station 6: Under Pressure — Curriculum Outcomes
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