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

Science (1996) -- Topic D:
Weather Watch

Grade 5

General Learner Expectation

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

Specific Learner Expectations

• Describe patterns of air movement, in indoor and outdoor environments, that result when one area is warm and another area is cool.

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…

• 5-4-04 Recognize that warm and cold air masses are important components of weather, and describe what happens when these air masses meet along a front.
• Include: in a cold front the cold air mass slides under a warm air mass, pushing the warm air upwards; in a warm front the warm moist air slides up over a cold air mass.
• GLO: D5, E2

Science (2002), Earth and Space Science

Grade 5

Students will be expected to…

• Draw a conclusion, based on evidence fathered through research and observation, about the patterns of air and/or water flow that result when two air or water masses of different temperature meet (206-5).
• Identify the various features of a weather report (eg: temperature, wind speed, precipitation, cloud cover).

Science (2002), Earth and Space Science

Grade 5

Students will be expected to…

• Using a variety of sources, gather information to describe the key features of weather systems and identify weather related technological innovations and products that have been developed by cultures in response to weather conditions (107-14, 205-8, 302-11).

Science and Technology (2004), Earth and Space Systems

Grade 5

Students will be expected to…

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

Specific Learning Outcomes: Students will be expected to…

• Recognize large-scale and local weather systems (e.g. fronts, air masses, storms).

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

Grade 5

General Learning Outcome: Students will be expected to…

• Using a variety of sources, gather information to describe the key features of weather systems and identify weather related technological innovations and products that have been developed by cultures in response to weather conditions (107-14, 205-8, 302-11).

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

Grade 6

• Wind is caused by the movement of air masses.

Students will be expected…

• 2b. To infer direction of air currents

Grade 5&6

Science (2002), Earth and Space Science

Grades 5&6

Students will be expected to…

• Using a variety of sources, gather information to describe the key features of weather systems and identify weather related technological innovations and products that have been developed by cultures in response to weather conditions (107-14, 205-8, 302-11).

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.

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

Grade 4

General Learning Outcome

• To promote both intuitive, imaginative thought and the ability to evaluate ideas, processes, experiences a nd objects in meaningful contexts.

Science Foundational and Learning Objectives

• Determine what information is recorded on weather maps.
• Interpret information weather maps.

Grades 5&6

Students will be expected to…

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