WEATHER INVESTIGATION
When thinking about how science is taught, it is important
to push past our current traditions. For
example, it is common in many preschool and primary classrooms to start out the
day with a morning meeting that includes the calendar and charting weather
conditions using a cartoon sunshine poster.
While a commonly accepted practice, is this really the best way to teach
weather? Should weather, the
quintessential multi-sensory experience be relegated to a 2 dimensional
labeling activity? ACCESS asks teachers to
take advantage of authentic science experiences, and weather is one of the best
and cheapest authentic experience, readily available, observable, and
recordable. The concept of weather is
complex and can be studied on many different levels. It can support academic content in science, language
arts, math, social studies and the arts.
It can also provide experiences related to developmental skills across
all domains.
MEMORIES OF THUNDERSTORMS
FIELD TRIP TO CHANNEL 2
AREAS OF STUDY: RAIN & WIND
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TODDLER WEATHER REPORT
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