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Science · Grade 3

Weather Patterns and Hazards

Learners turn weather records into tables and graphs to describe the weather a town can expect in each season, then tell weather (today) from climate (the pattern over many years) and compare climates around the world. Finally they evaluate designs that reduce the damage from weather hazards, such as flood barriers, storm shutters and lightning rods, using evidence and tradeoffs.

  • 3 lessons
  • About 95 minutes
  • Weather and climate check: 9 questions
  • Ways to answer: choose an answer, pick map regions, match pairs, type a number, put in order and sort into groups
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What learners will discover

  • Use tables and graphs of temperature and precipitation to describe the typical weather in each season.
  • Tell weather from climate and describe the climates of different regions of the world.
  • Make a claim, with evidence, about how well a design reduces the impact of a weather hazard.

Lessons

  1. Seasons in data 6 steps4 practiceabout 32 min
  2. Weather and climate around the world 5 steps3 practiceabout 30 min
  3. Reducing weather hazards 6 steps2 practiceabout 33 min
  4. Weather and climate check 9 questions at the end

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