By: Amy Ramell

• My unit plan on weather is about precipitation, different
types of weather, and its effects on the human population
• The different seasons and the weather during each of these
seasons will be discussed
• My goals for this unit are to have my students learn more
then just the general information concerning weather and
to be able to successfully describe and understand the
weather and its affects

• Second Grade
• Students will mostly be between the ages of 7
and 8 years old
• Students should have basic general knowledge
of their local weather

• -SC.O.2.2.13 Identify the effects of wind
movement.
• -SC.O.2.2.14 Observe and describe different
types of precipitation.
• -SC.O.2.2.15 Describe daily and seasonal
weather changes.

• Poster boards
• Handouts
• Videos
• Websites
• Smartboard

Seasons
•Day one of my unit will be about the weather during
each of the four seasons
•Students will understand the type of weather that
occurs during each season and the appropriate clothing
we wear because of the type of weather
•We will also go outside and observe our local weather
as a class and record it in our weather journals

Precipitation
• The type of precipitation we will be discussing today
is rain. We will talk about what rain is, and why it
happens.
• We will be going to the website
http://www.wxdude.com/page3.html
• We will do a an experiment with rain that will allow
us to see how condensation, evaporation, and
precipitation works

• What snow is, how it occurs
• Snowflakes
• http://snowflakebentley.com/
• We will be making our own snowflakes in class

Snow Day!
I will be recording each student as they talk
about their perfect snow day
The video of all of them will be uploaded onto
Teachertube (http://www.teachertube.com)

Thunder and Lightning
 How lighting is created and how it
happens
 How thunderstorms are created, what
happens during a thunderstorm
 Staying safe during a thunderstorm

How Weather Affects Us
•As a class we will be learning about the affects of weather
•Hurricane Katrina
•Collecting money to help Katrina victims

Evaluation
• I will be evaluating and assessing my students
by having them answer questions, work in
groups, and do individual work.
• I will observe how they participate and how
well they pay attention to the information
• Homework, assessments