1. View Bozeman science video Patterns

2. What patterns can you see in the weather? What has the weather been like the last week?

   • How hot or cold has it been?

   • How rainy has it been?

   • How windy has it been?

   • How has the weather been alike or different from the summer or the winter? Is it similar enough from day to day so that you know what you would wear if you were to go outside?

   • Do you think that Arizona or Colorado have the same weather patterns? Do you think that the weather there today is the same as our weather here in Oregon today? Why or why not?

Weather can vary from day to day and season to season. What is the worst weather you have ever experienced?

Use this student worksheet to guide your learning about how weather can affect people's daily lives.

• Student worksheet with reading - How does weather influence your daily life?

Locate your state on the three risk maps shown on this student worksheet.. These maps are based on the numbers of hurricanes, floods, and tornados that have occurred in each region of the U.S.

1. What is the pattern that you see for the states that have higher risks for hurricanes?

2. What is the pattern that you see for the states that have higher risks for tornadoes?

3. What is the pattern that you see for the states that have higher risks for flooding?

Have you or someone in your family ever been affected by flooding or other severe weather?

When people talk about weather, they often discuss temperature or rainfall. Meteorologists) are scientists who study weather. When measuring and describing weather conditions, meteorologists may record data such as wind speed, air pressure, and precipitation. Precipitation is any form of water that falls to earth, including rain, snow, sleet, and hail. The amount of precipitation and other weather data can vary from hour to hour, day to day, and season to season. In this activity, you will investigate weather data for your area.

Record five days of local weather from the month of April, 2020 in the table below. Oregon weather data can be accessed from Weather Underground.

Tips for using Weather Underground

Use this student worksheet to record your data

Then look at weather data for the months of April in 2000 and 2019 for Portland, Oregon in the table that is provided in the student worksheet.

How similar and how different are the high and low for the same dates that you observed in April 2020? What patterns do you see in the data? Support your answer with specific data.

What did you learn about patterns in weather this week ?

Use this graphic organizer to share one pattern of weather that you learned about.