Birthday Season Weather Report

Here's how.

Grade Range

Kindergarten

Group Size

2-3 students

Active Time

1 hour

Total Time

1 hour

Area of Science

Weather & Atmosphere

Key Concepts

Weather, Seasons

Learning Objectives

Name the four seasons.
Describe how weather patterns change with the seasons.
Explain how living things adapt to the different seasons

Credits

Svenja Lohner, PhD, Science Buddies

A circle divided into the four seasons and their corresponding months for the Northern hemisphere.

Overview

In this lesson, students will create weather report cards of their birthday seasons and analyze them to identify differences and similarities between them. Based on their observations, they will explain how weather conditions change between seasons and discuss how we adapt to seasonal changes.

NGSS Alignment

This lesson helps students prepare for these Next Generation Science Standards Performance Expectations:

K-ESS2-1. Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.

This lesson focuses on these aspects of NGSS Three Dimensional Learning:

Science & Engineering Practices	Disciplinary Core Ideas	Crosscutting Concepts
Analyzing and Interpreting Data. Use observations (firsthand or from media) to describe patterns in the natural world in order to answer scientific questions. Engaging in Argument from Evidence. Construct an argument with evidence to support a claim. Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions. Use information from observations (firsthand and from media) to construct an evidence-based account for natural phenomena.	ESS2.D: Weather and Climate. Weather is the combination of sunlight, wind, snow or rain, and temperature in a particular region at a particular time. People measure these conditions to describe and record the weather and to notice patterns over time.	Patterns. Patterns in the natural world can be observed, used to describe phenomena, and used as evidence.