Watch the Bozeman Science video " Planning and Carrying out Investigations"

• Think about a question that you have about something in and around your home.  

• You could focus on your ideas on weather and how it might affect you and your home. 

• How could you design an experiment that would answer that question? 

Weather reflects short-term conditions of the atmosphere.  Weather can change from minute-to-minute, hour-to-hour, day-to-day, and season-to-season. Oregon weather data can be accessed from Weather Underground.  Record the average monthly weather data for each month in 2019 for:  

• average maximum temperature

• average average temperature

• average minimum temperature

Tips for using Weather Underground

Use the student worksheet to record your data. Graph one of the temperature variables  that you recorded data for. 

How does your weather variable change its value from month to month? What month is the lowest and what month is the highest?  What pattern can you see in the data? Do you think that this pattern will be the same from year to year? 

Which type of weather data—daily or monthly—do you think is more useful for describing weather? Explain your reasoning.

Now that you know how to use the Weather web site - Weather Underground  to look at weather, use this tool to answer a question about weather that you are curious about. 

Tips for using Weather Underground

Ideas: Look at data for different two years and compare. 

Look at data for the same months, but in different locations in Oregon or in the country. 

• • Here is a website that can you ideas of how weather in different parts of Oregon varies by season.- Link 

Use this Inquiry template to start your inquiry.  

You have two days to plan and carry out your weather inquiry.

Now that you know how to use the Weather web site - Weather Underground  to look at weather, use this tool to answer a question about weather that you are curious about. 

Tips for using Weather Underground

Ideas: Look at data for different two years and compare. 

Look at data for the same months, but in different locations in Oregon or in the country. 

• • Here is a website that can you ideas of how weather in different parts of Oregon varies by season.- Link 

Use this Inquiry template to start your inquiry.  

You have two days to plan and carry out your weather inquiry.

Share your findings of your inquiry with your teacher. 

What have you learned about local Oregon weather and how it is the same or different over time?  

How is Oregon’s weather the same or different from other regions of the country?

What have you learned about planning and carrying out an investigation using databases?