The document outlines an educational goal for kindergarten students to observe daily weather changes throughout the year, emphasizing various weather phenomena like thunderstorms, lightning, and hurricanes. It explains characteristics of different types of lightning and the potential dangers associated with severe weather events. Additionally, it includes test items to assess students' understanding of these concepts.

1. Goal 2.01: Students will observe and repost
daily weather changes throughout the year.
Kindergarten
Kimberly Purrazzella
10/15/10

2. Content
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3. There are three different forms of
lightning
1. Forked lightning
1. Sheet lightning
2. Ball lightning
Lightning strikes from bottom to top
Lightning’s temperature is 54,000
degrees Fahrenheit

4. Thunderstorms are likely to occur during the
spring and summer months in the evenings.
Thunderstorms are formed from moistures and
unstable air.
Thunderstorms dangerous!

5. A major snow storm!
Heavy winds and extreme cold weather.
Causes a hard time to see. (like black out)

6. Extends from a thunderstorms.
Destroy virtually everything in its path.
On average 1000 tornadoes occur a year.

7. A hurricane is a huge storm.
Usually lasts about a week.
The center of the storm is called the eye.
The eye is the calmest part.
Check out this
site: http://www.fema.gov/kids/hurr.htm

8. Test item one: True or false lightning strikes from top to
bottom
True False
Test item two: True or false the center of the storm is called
the eye.
True False
Test item three: True or false
thunderstorms most likely occur during
the winter
True False

9. Sorry your
incorrect.
Lightning
strikes from
bottom to
top !

10. correct!
Great job!
Lightning
does strike
from bottom
to top!

11. Correct!
The center of
the storm is
called the eye!

12. Sorry your
incorrect!
The center is the
eye.

13. Incorrect!
Thunderstorms
usually occur in the
spring and summer.

14. Correct!
Thunderstorms usually
do not occur in the
winter months but
during spring and
summer.

15. http://www.weatherwizkids.com/
Wikipedia.com
http://www.fema.gov/kids/