WHAT WILL THE WEATHER BE?
Books in this lesson:
Come On, Rain!
Author: Karen Hesse
Illustrator: Jon J. Muth Publisher: Scholastic Press Year: 1999 A young girl awaits the rain during a heat wave in the city. |
What Will the Weather Be?
Author: Lynda DeWitt
Illustrator: Carolyn Croll Publisher: HarperCollins Year: 1993 This book explains the basic characteristics of weather – temperature, humidity, wind speed and direction, air pressure – and how meteorologists gather data for their forecasts. |
Storytime Video
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Located on Safari Montage
Reading Rainbow: Here Come a Tide Run Time: 28 min 58 sec From the critically acclaimed, Emmy Award-winning PBS children's series, Reading Rainbow, this program presents the book by George Ella Lyon. A girl provides a lighthearted account of her family's adventure during the spring floods at her rural home. Also in this episode, host LeVar Burton explores severe weather, including blizzards, tornadoes, hurricanes, hailstorms and lightning. Viewers will learn how meteorologists track the weather, and get an eyewitness account of Hurricane Hugo. |
FCS Provided Databases
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Check out these curated resources about Weather from Kids InfoBits.
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The Magic School Bus Kicks Up a Storm
Run Time: 25 min 54 sec Based on Scholastic's award-winning book series, this animated program leads children on an educational journey through science. It's a hot and muggy summer day, and the heat has gone to Ralphie's head. When someone asks, ''What makes the weather?'' the class transforms the bus into a weathermobile, and in a wild ride through the skies, Ralphie gets an opportunity to become the meteorological superhero of his dreams. Based on the book by Joanna Cole with illustrations by Bruce Degen featuring the voice of Lily Tomlin. Access the What Will the Weather Be? Playlist on Safari Montage. |
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Weather Content Collection
Discovery Education has curated images, videos, and lesson plans for "weather". You will need a Discovery Education username and password to access these resources. See your METI for assistance if you need to set up an account. |
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Weather
Run Time: 3 min 43 sec Is it raining, is it snowing…is a hurricane a-blowing? Whatever the weather’s doing, you can find out why it’s doing it in this BrainPOP movie! In it, Tim and Moby explain what weather is and how different types of weather form. You’ll find out what the engine for all weather is (it has something to do with water). And if you’ve ever wondered why weathermen are always talking about cold fronts and warm fronts, wonder no longer! Grab your coat, we’re going out into the elements! |
KidVisionVPK: Weather Station Field Trip
Run Time: 7 min 12 sec
At the National Weather Service and Hurricane Center, Penny and the KidVision VPK kids learn how to read world weather maps, track hurricanes, predict the weather, and practice reporting on television.
Run Time: 7 min 12 sec
At the National Weather Service and Hurricane Center, Penny and the KidVision VPK kids learn how to read world weather maps, track hurricanes, predict the weather, and practice reporting on television.
Weather Channels
Run Time: 5 min 9 sec
Why is my weather app sometimes wrong? Well it has a lot to do with wind. Jet Streams, air cells, the shape and movement of the Earth... there are a lot of things that make weather a little unpredictable. In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina talks to us about how Ocean Currents actually work with Jet Streams to move weather around.
Run Time: 5 min 9 sec
Why is my weather app sometimes wrong? Well it has a lot to do with wind. Jet Streams, air cells, the shape and movement of the Earth... there are a lot of things that make weather a little unpredictable. In this episode of Crash Course Kids, Sabrina talks to us about how Ocean Currents actually work with Jet Streams to move weather around.
