This document outlines a 5-day weather lesson plan for a 5th grade science class. It includes 20 students, with activities focused on the water cycle, tornadoes, hurricanes, thunderstorms, and becoming a meteorologist. Students will engage with topics through posters, videos, blogs, social media, and podcasts. The goal is for students to understand weather terms and phenomena in more detail.

1. WEATHER WONDERS
THE STUDENTS FOR WHOM THIS LESSON IS INTENDED IS FIFTH GRADERS ENROLLED IN A
GENERAL SCIENCE CLASS. THERE ARE 20 STUDENTS ALL TOGETHER, 9 GIRLS, AND 11 BOYS. THE
MAJORITY OF THE CLASS IS WHITE, MIDDLE CLASS AMERICANS WHO LIVE IN A RURAL SETTING.
THERE ARE 2 AFRICAN AMERICAN CHILDREN AND 1 HISPANIC CHILD. ALL THESE CHILDREN ARE
GENERALLY WELL BEHAVED AND TEND TO OBEY RULES.
MAIN OBJECTIVE
STUDENTS WILL DEFINE MANY TERMS AND UNDERSTAND WEATHER IN MORE DETAIL BY
PARTICIPATING IN ACTIVITIES, SUCH AS: BUILDING A TORNADO IN A BOTTLE, MAKING A PODCAST
OF THEIR FAVORITE TYPE OF WEATHER, PARTICIPATE IN A WEBQUEST ABOUT BEING A
METEOROLOGIST, AND MUCH MORE. THESE STUDENTS WILL HAVE 5 DAYS TO REVIEW AS A GROUP
AND INDIVIDUALLY WITH 100% ACCURACY.

2. MONDAY
• EXPLAIN THE FORM OF RAIN AND HOW IT IS CAUSED.
• PROVIDE A POSTER ILLUSTRATING THE WATER CYCLE (NEXT SLIDE)
• USING THE SMARTBOARD, SHOW THE WATER CYCLE:
HTTP://WWW.GYNZY.COM/EN/#!/ITEMS/SCIENCE/WATER-CYCLE/18/955
• HAVE CHILDREN RESPOND TO A BLOG GIVING EXAMPLES OF AREAS WHERE THEY HAVE HEARD
ABOUT FLOODS OCCURING AND IF THEY HAVE EVER WITNESSED ONE.
HTTP://REBEKAHSBLOGS1.BLOGSPOT.COM/

3. SHOW CHILDREN THE PROCESS
OF THE WATER CYCLE BY
PROVIDING THIS POSTER:

4. TUESDAY
• DISCUSS HOW A TORNADO IS FORMED AND WHAT CAUSES IT.
• PROVIDE A POSTER DEMONSTRATING HOW THEY ARE FORMED. (NEXT SLIDE)
• SHOW A VIDEO OF HOW TO BUILD A TORNADO IN A BOTTLE, THEN CREATE ONE IN CLASS.
HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?FEATURE=PLAYER_DETAILPAGE&V=QUQ8IS2HPOW
• ALLOW CHILDREN TO FOLLOW: HTTPS://TWITTER.COM/USTORNADOES, THEN HAVE THE
CHILDREN WRITE A BRIEF PAPER ABOUT ONE OF THE FACTS THAT THEY LEARNED ABOUT
TORNADOES.

5. PROVIDE THIS
POSTER TO THE
CHILDREN SO
THEY
UNDERSTAND
HOW TORNADOES
ARE FORMED.

6. WEDNESDAY
• DISCUSS HOW HURRICANES ARE FORMED AND WHAT THEY ARE.
• GIVE THE CHILDREN THE OPPURTINITY TO POST COMMENTS ON THE CLASS FACEBOOK PAGE
ABOUT RECENT HURRICANES AND HOW IT HAS AFFECTED THEM.
HTTPS://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/MRSM8RS5THGRADECLASS/INFO
• CREATE STATIONS IN THE CLASSROOM, EACH ONE HAVING A QR THAT THE STUDENTS WILL
SCAN. EACH QR WILL HAVE A DIFFERENT VIDEO.
QR 1:
QR 2:
QR 3:

7. THURSDAY
• DEFINE LIGHTNING AND THUNDERSTORMS.
• CHILDREN WILL BE ALLOWED TO LISTEN TO THUNDERSTORM SOUNDS AS WELL AS READ FACTS
ABOUT THEM THROUGH: HTTP://THUNDERSTORMSOUNDS.BLOGSPOT.COM/
• THEY WILL POST ON THE CLASS FACEBOOK PAGE WHAT THEY THINK OF THUNDERSTORMS.
WHETHER THEY LIKE THEM OR DO NOT, OR IF THEY ARE AFRAID OF THEM.
HTTPS://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/MRSM8RS5THGRADECLASS/INFO

8. FRIDAY
• HAVE CHILDREN PARTICIPATE IN A WEBQUEST INVOLVING HOW TO BECOME A METEOROLOGIST:
HTTP://ZUNAL.COM/CONCLUSION.PHP?W=215657
• HAVE CHILDREN CREATE A PODCAST OF WHAT THEIR FAVORITE TYPE OF WEATHER IS AND WHY
THEY CHOSE THAT SPECIFIC TYPE.