Weather and Seasons

In this unit, students will read and compare selections about weather

and learn how changing seasons affect our daily lives.

How do our lives change with the seasons?

Week of April 20

Journal entry idea:

Imagine you visit an ice hotel. What do you see? What do you feel? What do you do? Who is with you? Illustrate your ice hotel and tell about your adventure!

Week of April 13

Mystery Lesson 5

How could you warm up a frozen playground?In this Mystery, students think about their experiences with hot and cold weather, and learn about a real city where the sun never shines in winter.

Materials needed for Lesson 5

mystery-science Lesson 5-Chill City.pdf

mystery-science Lesson 5-Draw Chill City.pdf

SciKids: Be a Weather Watcher

Kids Dream Job: I want to be a Meteorologist.

Weather Quiz!

Week of April 6

Mystery Lesson 3

What will the weather be like on your birthday?In this Mystery, students use observations of the four classic seasons to spot patterns and thereby determine the seasons’ order.

Read Along Mystery Lesson 4

How do you know what to wear for the weather?In this Read-Along Mystery, Kevin becomes a weather detective to figure out why he keeps losing his warm clothes.

Materials needed for Mystery Lesson 3: Weather Wheel

mystery-science Lesson 3-Season Wheel.pdf

Materials needed for Mystery Lesson 3: Season Cards

mystery-science Lesson 3-Season Cards.pdf

Seasons Song

SciShow Kids Clouds

5 Weather Experiments to do at Home

Mystery Doug Rainbows

WeatherGraph.pdf

Weather Graph

Week of March 30

Mystery Lesson 1

Have you ever watched a storm?In this Mystery, students start to notice changes in the weather.

Read Along Mystery Lesson 2

How can you get ready for a big storm?In this Read-Along Mystery, JJ and his grandfather get ready for a big storm.

Materials needed for Mystery Lesson 1

mystery-science Lesson 1.pdf

HotandColdWeatherClothingSortFREEBIE (1).pdf