🎯 What Will Your Child Learn?
- Weather Basics & Meteorology: Understand the factors that influence daily weather and seasonal patterns.
- Cloud Formation & Types: Learn how clouds form, why they look different, and what they tell us about upcoming weather.
- Storm Science: Explore the conditions that cause tornadoes, hurricanes, and thunderstorms.
- STEM Skills: Conduct hands-on experiments to apply scientific concepts like air pressure, static electricity, and the water cycle.
- Literacy & Math Integration: Enjoy engaging weather-themed books while practicing math skills with mystery pictures and graphing activities.
🎯 What academic standards does this crate align with?
Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS):
- K-ESS2-1: Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.
- K-ESS3-2: Ask questions to obtain information about the purpose of weather forecasting to prepare for and respond to severe weather.
- 3-ESS2-1: Represent data in tables and graphical displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season.
- 3-ESS2-2: Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world.
- 4-ESS3-2: Generate and compare multiple solutions to reduce the impacts of natural Earth processes on humans (e.g., preparing for extreme weather events).
Common Core State Standards (CCSS) – English Language Arts (ELA):
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.2.1: Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.3: Describe the relationship between a series of scientific ideas or concepts in a text.
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.7: Conduct short research projects that build knowledge about a topic.
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.8: Recall relevant information from experiences or gather information from print and digital sources.
- CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.2.MD.D.10: Draw a picture graph and a bar graph to represent a data set with up to four categories.
- CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.MD.B.3: Represent and interpret data using scaled picture graphs and bar graphs.
- CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.4.MD.A.2: Use the four operations to solve word problems involving distances, intervals of time, and measurements.
National Geography Standards (NGS):
- Standard 7: The physical processes that shape the patterns of Earth's surface (e.g., how weather systems form).
- Standard 8: The characteristics and spatial distribution of ecosystems on Earth's surface (e.g., how climate affects different ecosystems).
- Standard 15: How physical systems affect human systems (e.g., the impact of weather and climate on human activity and settlements).
National Art Education Standards (NAEA):
- Anchor Standard 1: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work (e.g., weather-themed art projects).
- Anchor Standard 3: Reflect on and refine works of art (e.g., interpreting weather patterns through artistic expression).
Anchor Standard 11: Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context (e.g., how weather influences art and storytelling
