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Weather Newsroom

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Grades K-230-45 min over a few daysSource: Creative Dad Company

Budding meteorologists track real outdoor conditions and deliver their own on-camera weather report. It builds observation and pattern skills while letting kids ham it up as TV forecasters.

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Prep: 10 minActivity: 40 min1 session~$2/groupTable space plus a short supervised observation areaBeginner-friendly

Setup

Gather only common or recycled items needed to build a weather chart or map with symbols to track conditions over several days. Place the materials beside a simple recording sheet or blank paper, and prepare the Weather Newsroom challenge in one working area; no digital device is needed.

Activity

  1. Step outside, observe the sky and temperature, and predict what tomorrow's weather will be.
  2. Build a weather chart or map with symbols to track conditions over several days.
  3. Record the daily data and discover a surprise pattern, like rain on a day sun was predicted, then revise the forecast method.
  4. Deliver a live on-camera weather report summarizing the week's patterns for the newsroom audience.

Done when: The learner completes Weather Newsroom after carrying out this core test: Record the daily data and discover a surprise pattern, like rain on a day sun was predicted, then revise the forecast method. The learner then uses that result to complete the final task: Deliver a live on-camera weather report summarizing the week's patterns for the newsroom audience.

Materials

Poster board, weather symbol cutouts, a thermometer, markers, a clipboard

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Steps

  1. Step outside, observe the sky and temperature, and predict what tomorrow's weather will be.
  2. Build a weather chart or map with symbols to track conditions over several days.
  3. Record the daily data and discover a surprise pattern, like rain on a day sun was predicted, then revise the forecast method.
  4. Deliver a live on-camera weather report summarizing the week's patterns for the newsroom audience.

Standards it satisfies

  • NGSS · K-ESS2-1

    Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.