Sky Watchers Weather Learning Stations - Grades 4, 5 and 6

Science (1996) -- Topic D:
Weather Watch

Grade 5

General Learner Expectation: Students will be expected to…

• 5-8 Observe, describe and interpret weather phenomena; and relate weather to the heating and cooling of the Earth's surface.

Specific Learner Expectations: Students will be expected to…

• Describe and demonstrate methods for measuring wind speed and for finding wind direction.
• Measure at least four different kinds of weather phenomena. Either student-constructed or standard instruments may be used.

Science K-7
Integrated Resource Package (2005)

Grade 4

Students will be expected to…

• PLO: Measure weather in terms of temperature, precipitation, cloud cover, wind speed and direction.

Science

Grade 5, Cluster 4:
Weather

Students will be expected to…

• 5-4-05 Use the design process to construct a weather instrument.
• GLO: C3, D5

Science (2002), Earth and Space Science

Grade 5

Students will be expected to…

• Identify and/or construct, and use instruments for measuring weather information (204-8, 205-4, 205-10).
• Use appropriate terminology to name weather instruments when collecting weather data (104-7).

Science (2002), Earth and Space Science

Grade 5

Students will be expected to…

• Identify and/or construct, and use instruments for measuring weather information (204-8, 205-4, 205-10).
• Use appropriate terminology to name weather instruments when collecting weather data (104-7).
• Record observations using measuring instruments in order to describe weather in terms of temperature, wind speed, wind direction, precipitation, and cloud cover (205-7, 300-13).

Science and Technology (2004), Earth and Space Systems

Grade 5

General Learning Outcome: Students will be expected to…

• Investigate the major climatic factors associated with weather, and design, construct and test a variety of instruments for recording various features of the weather.

Specific Learning Outcome: Students will be expected to…

• Design, construct and test a variety of weather instruments (e.g. weather vane, anemometer, rain gauge, wind sock hydrometer).

Learning Outcomes Framework: Science (Draft) (2008), Earth and Space Science

Grade 5

General Learning Outcome: Students will be expected to…

• Using correct names of weather instruments, construct and use instruments to record temperature, wind speed, wind direction and precipitation (104-7, 204-8, 205-4, 205-10, 205-7, 300-13).

Elementary Science, Northwest Territories 1986 (Reprinted 1994), Weather

Grade 6

• Wind speed can be measured by wind gauges.

Students will be expected…

• To observe the effects of the wind.

Grade 5&6

Science (2002), Earth and Space Science

Grade 5

General Learning Outcome: Students will be expected to…

• Investigate the major climatic factors associated with weather, and design, construct and test a variety of instruments for recording various features of the weather.

Specific Learning Outcome: Students will be expected to…

• Design, construct and test a variety of weather instruments (e.g. weather vane, anemometer, rain gauge, wind sock hydrometer).

Science and Technology Curriculum

Cycle 2 and 3
(grades 3-4-5-6)

Skills:

• Propose explanations or solutions to scientific problems.
• Build on tools, objects and procedures used in science and technology.

Techniques and Instrumentation

• Use of simple measurement instruments (eg: rulers, scale, thermometer, weather vane, barometer, wind guage, hygrometer).
• Design/construction of measurement instruments and prototypes.

Science: A Curriculum Guide for the Elementary Level (1990) -- Core Unit: Predicting Weather

Grade 5

Students will be expected to…

• Identify instruments used to measure weather conditions.
• Construct instruments to measure wind conditions.
• Record measurements made with weather instruments.

Science K--7 Integrated Resource Package (2005)

Grades 5&6

Students will be expected to…

• PLO: Measure weather in terms of temperature, precipitation, cloud cover, wind speed and direction.