Stormy Weather!

Learning Resource Type

Classroom Resource

Subject Area

Science

Grade(s)

2

Overview

Discover the science behind stormy weather like tornados, hurricanes, and floods with this lesson made for future meteorologists. Try to stay dry with a puddle-loving duck as you learn about changing weather patterns.

Science (2015) Grade(s): 2

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Make observations from media to obtain information about Earth’s events that happen over a short period of time (e.g., tornados, volcanic explosions, earthquakes) or over a time period longer than one can observe (e.g., erosion of rocks, melting of glaciers).

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Vocabulary

  • Earth events/natural phenomena
  • Earthquake
  • Flood
  • Tornado
  • Volcanic explosions
  • Glaciers
  • Erosion
  • Landslides
  • Weathering

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Earth events and the results of those events may occur slowly or rapidly.
  • Some events are much longer than can be observed.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Make observations and obtain information from multiple sources to provide evidence about Earth events.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Eart's events may change the Earth slowly or rapidly.

Scientific and Engineering Practices

Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information

Crosscutting Concepts

Stability and Change

CR Resource Type

Interactive/Game

Resource Provider

PBS

License Type

CUSTOM
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