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Science · Preschool

Weather We Can Observe

Children look out the window and name the weather: sunny, cloudy, rainy, windy or snowy. They choose what to wear and bring for each kind of weather, then keep a simple picture chart of the weather for a week and count how many days were sunny or rainy.

  • 3 lessons
  • About 30 minutes
  • Weather check: 4 questions
  • Ways to answer: choose an answer, count, match pairs and sort into groups
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What learners will discover

  • Name kinds of weather from what they see and feel: sunny, cloudy, rainy, windy and snowy.
  • Choose clothes and things that suit the weather, such as an umbrella for rain.
  • Mark the weather each day on a picture chart and count the days of one kind of weather.

Lessons

  1. What is the weather? 4 steps2 practiceabout 10 min
  2. Dress for the weather 4 steps2 practiceabout 10 min
  3. Our weather chart 3 steps1 practiceabout 10 min
  4. Weather check 4 questions at the end

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Games to practice with

  • Body ExplorerTap, match and label your way around the amazing human body.
  • Science QuizzesOlly's Science Quiz Show: plants, animals, the body, weather, space and more, for every grade.

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