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Winter Weather

Winter can produce very different kinds of weather events. Students will explore how temperature changes affect precipitation and create a drawing depicting the factors associated with various types of weather.

Lesson Plan

Supplies Needed

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  • Black or Dark Construction Paper
  • Paper

Steps

  • Step 1

    Have students investigate some of the different types of weather that can occur in the winter and what causes each. For example, sleet occurs when snow melts and refreezes into ice pellets. How does snow form? In what regions is it more likely to rain rather than snow during the winter? What is a temperate zone?

  • Step 2

    Ask students to create an artistic chart that illustrates, in words and images, how certain weather begins and under what conditions.

  • Step 3

    To provide some context, they can add a silhouette scene that shows weather over an urban city, rural landscape, forest, etc. They could sketch the outline on dark construction paper and then cut out and glue the scene under the weather descriptions. Students can also cut out white snowflakes or other types of precipitation and glue them into the scene.

  • Step 4

    Have students present their art and discuss some of the interesting facts they learned about winter weather.

Standards

SCI: Ask questions about the features of phenomena observed and conclusions drawn from investigations or models. 

SCI: Design pictorial or graphic representations/models that are useful in communicating ideas. 

Adaptations

Have students investigate how meteorologists predict the weather. What tools do they use? How accurate are the predictions? Information can be found at NOAA.gov or any other reputable site.

Have students investigate the change in winter temperatures as a result of climate change and how it is affecting the health of the planet. Information can be found at science.NASA.gov/climate-change/effects.