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Science — Grade 5

Goal 3, Objective 3.02

Goal 3

The learner will conduct investigations and use appropriate technology to build an understanding of weather and climate.

Objective 3.02

Discuss and determine how the following are affected by predictable patterns of weather:

  • Temperature.
  • Wind direction and speed.
  • Precipitation.
  • Cloud cover.
  • Air pressure.

Resources aligned to this objective

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Weathering the water cycle: Precipitation
Students will learn that precipitation is one of the three stages of the water cycle and how it relates to the other stages.
Format: lesson plan (grade 2 and 5 Science)
By Cathie Hill, Jackie Parker, and Karen Neilson.

Lesson plans on the web

Climate controls
This Xpeditions lesson has students consider how various parts of the world and the United States are affected by climate controls such as world air currents. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Science and Social Studies)
Provider: National Geographic
Collecting, representing, and interpreting data using spreadsheets and graphing software: Collecting and examining weather data
Spreadsheets and graphing software are tools for organizing, representing, and comparing data. This activity illustrates how weather data can be collected and examined using these tools. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Science, Mathematics, and Computer Technology Skills)
Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Dancing winds
This lesson, one of a multi-part unit from ARTSEDGE, introduces the expanding and condensing properties of air masses and the unequal heating of the Earth as the force behind the wind. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Science and Dance Arts Education)
Provider: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
The eye of the hurricane
This lesson introduces students to the structure of a hurricane. Students will view a video about hurricanes, do a simple hurricane simulation, take a tour into the eye of a hurricane, and write reports about their tour. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Science)
Provider: National Geographic
Properties of air
The purpose of this lesson is to demonstrate that air takes up space, and puts pressure, or pushes, on everything around it (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Science)
Provider: American Association for the Advancement of Science
Sphere's density dance
This lesson, one of a multi-part unit from ARTSEDGE, focuses on the structure of the earth's atmosphere and relates the concepts of layering, air density, and particles directly to dance concepts of level, kinesphere, and shape. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Science and Dance Arts Education)
Provider: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
The water cycle
In this lesson from Science NetLinks, students build upon their previous investigations of water by learning about the water cycle and its continuous flow around us. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Science)
Provider: American Association for the Advancement of Science
Weather complaints
Students will refer to a climate map to predict what the climate might be like in specified United States cities. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Science and Social Studies)
Provider: National Geographic