Local weather patterns

ScienceEarth's SystemsAges 5–6

Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time, recording temperature, rainfall, and other conditions

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Record weather consistently and make a cautious prediction from a pattern.

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Observe safely from indoors or a sheltered adult-approved place, never during severe weather. A thermometer is optional; missing measurements stay blank. Open S first, G together, then T alone; put S and G away before T. Keys stay adult-only. No purchase or printing is required; an unavailable physical observation remains pending, not passed.

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partial: Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time, recording temperature, rainfall, and other conditions
Seven-day real diary and prediction based on local observations remain pending until actually recorded; model data are explicitly fictional.
partial: Observe and record daily weather conditions (temperature, cloud cover, precipitation, wind)
Seven-day real diary and prediction based on local observations remain pending until actually recorded; model data are explicitly fictional.
partial: Identify patterns in weather data over days or weeks
Seven-day real diary and prediction based on local observations remain pending until actually recorded; model data are explicitly fictional.
partial: Use observations to make simple predictions about upcoming weather
Seven-day real diary and prediction based on local observations remain pending until actually recorded; model data are explicitly fictional.
partial: Has {{name}} kept a weather diary for a week or more, recording whether it was sunny, rainy, or windy, and noticed any patterns?
Seven-day real diary and prediction based on local observations remain pending until actually recorded; model data are explicitly fictional.

Seven-day real diary and prediction based on local observations remain pending until actually recorded; model data are explicitly fictional.

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Observe and record daily weather conditions (temperature, cloud cover, precipitation, wind)
Identify patterns in weather data over days or weeks
Use observations to make simple predictions about upcoming weather

“Has your child kept a weather diary for a week or more, recording whether it was sunny, rainy, or windy, and noticed any patterns?”

Curriculum record

Type: Procedural
Subject: Science
Domain: Earth's Systems
Age range: Ages 5–6

Standards

ngss-k5:K-ESS2-1