Which Weather Would You Rather?

During the activity, student’s will organize, analyze, and draw conclusions about the weather in a particular place and time to assist 4cast Engineering and Development to choose a seminar location. Students will use their understanding of how air temperature, air pressure, humidity, wind speed and direction, and precipitation to determine a location for the seminar. They will also create a blueprint of an object appropriate to the climate which they will submit to be manufactured and sold at the seminar locations. Students will accurately label the length, width, height and angles of the object as to have an accurate blueprint.
Resource ID#: 173583 Type: Lesson Plan
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General Information

Subject(s): Science
Grade Level(s): 5
Intended Audience: Educators educators
Suggested Technology: Document Camera, Overhead Projector
Instructional Time: 3 Hour(s)
Keywords: temperature, air pressure, barometric pressure, precipitation, wind speed, wind direction, humidity, weather, weather forecasting, weather patterns
Instructional Component Type(s): Lesson Plan
Instructional Design Framework(s): Guided Inquiry (Level 3)
Resource Collection: Hillsborough/Polk MSP 3-8 Science

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