Local weather patterns
Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time, recording temperature, rainfall, and other conditions
What a learner can do afterwards
- Observe and record daily weather conditions (temperature, cloud cover, precipitation, wind)
- Identify patterns in weather data over days or weeks
- Use observations to make simple predictions about upcoming weather
1 · Read
Will you need a coat, or sunglasses? Weather can be sunny, rainy, cloudy, or windy, and it changes from day to day. Watch it and write it down.
Zoe checks outside every morning. She writes hot or cold, and sunny or rainy. After many days, she sees a pattern.
If today has dark clouds, tomorrow might be rainy too. Patterns help you guess what comes next.
Watch, write it down, and use patterns to guess what comes next.
More to read
Weather or Not?
Weather is what the sky is doing right now. It can be sunny, cloudy, rainy, snowy, or windy. You can be a weather watcher. Each day, look outside and draw what you see. Is the sun out? Are there clouds? Is rain falling? Can you feel wind? When you watch for many days and put your drawings in a row, you start to see patterns. Maybe sunny days come one after another. Maybe rain comes after lots of clouds. Patterns help you guess what tomorrow will bring.
Unit K.2: Weather
To know the weather, scientists measure it. They check how hot or cold the air is. They watch the clouds and catch the rain to see how much falls. They feel how fast the wind blows. You can make simple tools to do the same job. A chart on the wall can hold a week of weather notes. At the end of the week, look at your chart with your class. Talk about what pattern you found and what you think will happen next.
2 · Watch
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Where it sits
Learn first
Nothing; this is a starting point.
Optional connections
Where this leads
Jobs that lean on this skill. Follow one to see everything it is built on.
8 questions wait behind this lesson, each with its answer explained. Every answer feeds the sky: stars light as they are learned, and dim when it is time to come back.