Lesson Plan- Weather Watch

“Big Idea” this lesson plan supports: It is important for students to recognize the different types of weather.  Students need to understand that weather changes frequently

Lesson Plan Component	Criteria
Title	Weather Watch Grades K-2
GSE’s/GLE’s/Frameworks	S: ESS1:2:1.1 Science> Atmosphere, Climate and Weather: Students will recognize that weather conditions change frequently, and that weather patterns change over the seasons. S: ESS1:2:1.2 Science> Atmosphere, Climate and Weather > students will describe and compare weather using observations and measurements of local weather conditions      1.     Creativity and innovation: Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology b. Create original works as a means of personal or group expression      2.     Communication and collaboration: Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others a.     Interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts, or others employing a variety of digital environments and media d. Contribute to project teams to produce original works or solve problems      3.     Research and information fluency b. Locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use information from a variety of sources and media d. Process data and report results
Objective(s)	1. Students will describe a weather storm after observing video clips and researching it 2.  Students will investigate different facts about the storms and how to stay safe. 3. Students will be able to work well with their partner 4.  Students will use and Ipad application, Story Creator to illustrate what they learned 5. Students will be able to identify weather terms such as such as severe weather, hurricanes, rain and wind. 6.Students will complete the Storm Watch sheet
Materials	1.    Internet access     2.    IPad     3.    Printer
Anticipatory Set	Watch a couple YouTube videos of some kids forecasting the weather and video clips of severe weather. Tornado Blizzard Hurricane
Procedures	1.    First have the students sit with their assigned partner    2.    Show the students video clips of different severe weather storms. (Tornados, blizzards, hurricanes, thunderstorms)    3.    Once the students have observed each severe weather storm tell them to pick one to research     4.    Tell the students to research their severe weather storm with the provided web links     5.    Tell the students to pick at least two interesting facts about the severe weather storm they picked    6.    Tell the students to create a digital story about their storm using at least three pages     7.    Go over instructions together as a class     8.    Students will use the internet to research their weather storm     9.    The students must include a written sentence describing each page    10. The student must create a recording of their voice reading each sentence    11. Tell the students each person is responsible for providing at least one fact.    12. On the IPad using the app, Story Creator the students will create several pages to add to the class book and share with the class     13. Demonstrate to the students how to create a page and use all the application functions    14. Tell the students to share at least one new thing they learned http://itunes.apple.com/app/story-creator-pro/  Weather Watch: severe storms  Think about?     1.     What are the dangers of your storm?     2.     How can you prepare for your storm?     3.     How can you stay safe during your storm?     4.     What is your favorite storm and why?
Closure	1.    Have the students share their part of the class book     2.    Have the student explain what the most interesting fact is that they learned and why?
Assessment	1.    Did the student provide at least two facts about their storm?     2.    Did the student do at least four pages in the digital book?     3.    Did the student work well with their partner and each provided a fact?     4.    Did the student provide a sentence on each page?     5.    Did the student provide a recording on each page?     6.    Did the student complete the weather watch sheet and apply the information learned?     7.    Did the student share at least one new thing they learned?
Modifications/Accommodations	1.    Students can allowed additional time and help from the teacher

Student Artifact:

Example of one page in the class book

Cover for class digital Story Book

Weather Watch Sheet:

Weather Watch

1. What is a severe storm?                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

2.  What are the dangers of your storm?                                                                      

3.  Name at least two interesting facts about your severe storm:

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4. Where in the world does this storm happen?

                                                                                                                                                                

5. How can you prepare for your storm?

                                                                                                                                                                

Rubric

	Points Possible 0	Points Possible 1-2	Points Possible 3-4	Points Possible 5	Score
Meteorologist Partners	Students did not work well with one another and neither of them showed effort of completing the lesson	Students showed very little effort in completing the lesson	Students worked together on the lesson and did a fair job.	Students worked very well together the entire lesson and did an excellent job.
Verbalize what they learned	Did not say what they learned	Stated one thing they learned	Stated two things they learned	Stated three or more things they learned
Define your Severe Storm	The definition was not correct	The definition was partly correct	The definition was mostly correct	The definition was defined completely
Facts	No facts were investigated	1 fact was addressed	2 facts were addressed	More than 2 facts were completely addressed and explained
Weather Sheet	The questions were not answered	Some questions were complete and answered correctly	Most of the questions were complete answered correctly	All of the questions were completed and answered correctly
Pages	There were no pages	The page included nothing	The page included a picture, sentence	The pages included a picture, sentence, voice recording
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