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Geography · Grade 1

Weather and Human Choices

Learners describe weather with four parts (temperature, rain or snow, wind and clouds), meet three weather tools and read a thermometer marked in tens, and read a class weather record to count and compare days. They finish by choosing clothes, activities and travel plans that fit the weather, and by learning simple, widely taught weather-safety rules.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 55 minutes
  • Weather check: 8 questions
  • Ways to answer: fill in the blanks, choose an answer, match pairs, type a number, place on a number line and put in order
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What learners will discover

  • Describe weather using temperature, precipitation (rain or snow), wind and clouds, and know that weather can differ from place to place.
  • Name three weather tools (thermometer, rain gauge, wind sock) and read a thermometer marked in tens.
  • Read a simple weather record (a bar graph or a table) to count and compare days.
  • Choose clothing, activities and travel plans that fit the weather, and follow basic weather-safety rules.

Lessons

  1. Describe the weather 7 steps4 practiceabout 13 min
  2. Weather tools 8 steps5 practiceabout 14 min
  3. Weather records 7 steps4 practiceabout 13 min
  4. Weather choices and safety 8 steps4 practiceabout 13 min
  5. Weather check 8 questions at the end

Keep exploring

Games to practice with

  • Globe ExplorerSpin a real 3D globe, flip to the flat map, and find continents, oceans and countries.
  • Mapmaker QuestFollow directions to make a map, then read its legend, compass rose and scale.
  • Landform ExplorerMountains, valleys, peninsulas and deltas — learn the shapes of the land and find them on Earth.

More 1st grade geography

Guide for grown-ups