| AIR
AND WEATHER MODULE MATRIX |
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INTERDISCIPLINARY
EXTENSIONS |
FOSS
SCIENCE STORIES |
HOME/SCHOOL
CONNECTION |
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1. |
EXPLORING AIR |
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Math
Extensions
• Solve two problems.
Science Extensions
• Student projects.
• Make an air cannon.
• Send air through a garden hose.
• Inflate a ball. |
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What Is All around Us? |
Students
look for toys at home that use air to make them work, or they
invent a toy that uses air. They draw a picture and describe
the toy. |
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2. |
OBSERVING
WEATHER |
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Language
Extensions
• Create meteorologist tool kits.
• Explore weather lore.
Math Extensions
• Solve two problems.
Art Extensions
• Create foggy-day cloud pictures.
• Go cloud watching.
• Make spilt-milk images.
Science Extensions
• Keep track of hourly weather.
• Make a temperature graph.
• Compare weather reports. |
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What's the Weather Today? |
Students
make a cloud window out of construction paper and tape it to
a window. The cloud window gives a reference from which to see
cloud movement. |
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3. |
WIND
EXPLORATIONS |
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Language
Extension
• Read wind poetry and stories.
Math Extensions
• Solve two problems.
Social Studies Extension
• Research kite culture.
Art Extension
• Create a wind catcher.
Science Extensions
• Try new kite designs and materials.
• Have a kite festival.
• Invite a kite expert.
• Bring wind catchers from home. |
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Understanding the Weather |
Students
make a whirligig at home. They use the whirligig to search for
air movement around their homes. |
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4. |
LOOKING
FOR CHANGE |
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Language
Extension
• Create seasonal acrostic poems.
Math Extensions
• Solve two problems.
Science Extension
• Look for weather graphs in the newspaper. |
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Seasons |
Students read a story about a boy named Harry who was always
wearing the wrong clothes for the weather conditions. They
design and draw pictures of Harry's all-weather wardrobe.
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