Earth Science
Earth Systems, Structures, and Processes
5.E.1 Understand weather patterns and phenomena, making connections to the weather in a particular place and time.
5.E.1.1
Compare daily and seasonal changes in weather conditions, including: wind speed, wind direction, precipitation, temperature. and weather patterns.
5.E.1.1
Students know that weather can change from day to day, and that many factors are measured to describe and predict weather conditions. (EG: wind speed and direction, precipitation, temperature and air pressure).
Students know that in different latitudes and hemispheres there are different (and sometimes opposite) seasonal weather patterns.
Vocabulary & Concepts
air pressure
wind speed
wind direction
precipitation
temperature
weather patterns
temperature over land and water
causes for seasons
difference in hemispheres
