Observing weather

Earth Sciences
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Standard Set 3. Earth Sciences
3. Weather can be observed,
measured, and described. As a basis
for understanding this concept:
3.a. Students know how to use simple
tools (e.g., thermometer, wind vane)
to measure weather conditions and
record changes from day to day and
across the seasons.

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Ask and Answer
Questions

3.b. Students know that the weather
changes from day to day but that
trends in temperature or rain (or
snow) tend to be predictable during a
season.
3.c. Students know the sun warms the
land, air, and water.

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Weather

by Rachel Brady

Scott Foresman Science 1.6

ISBN 0-328-23487-7

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Vocabulary
rain gauge
temperature
thermometer
weather
wind vane
by Rachel Brady

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What is weather?
Weather is what it is like
outside.
Weather changes each day.

Weather can be windy or still.
Weather can be wet or dry.
Weather can be hot or cold.

Weather can be
windy.

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Windy Weather
Wind is moving air.
Wind is blowing these trees.

A wind vane is a weather tool.
A wind vane points into the
wind.
Wind vane

The wind is blowing hard.

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How hot or cold
is the weather?
Weather can be hot or cold.
Temperature is how hot or
cold something is.
You can measure temperature.
Is it hot or cold
outside?

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A thermometer is a tool that
measures temperature.
The numbers show the
temperature.
When it is warm, the red line
goes up.

When it is cold, the red line
goes down.
It’s hot
outside!

It’s cold
outside!

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How can you
measure rain?
It is raining.
Rain is water that falls from clouds.

A rain gauge is a tool to
measure rain.
It is open on top.
Rain falls into it.
Numbers show how much rain
falls.

Rain falls in drops.

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umbrella from pages 172-173 of
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Rain gauge

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What does the
Sun do?
It is a sunny day.
You can feel light from the Sun
on your skin.

Sunlight warms the land and
water.
Sunlight warms the air.
Sunlight causes the weather.
A sunny day

A cloudy day

On a sunny day, the playground
is hot.
On a cloudy day, the playground
is cool.

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What did you learn?

Glossary
rain gauge

temperature

a weather tool to measure
the amount of rain
how hot or cold something
is

1. Is the line high or low on the
thermometer when it is warm?
2. How does a wind vane show the direction
of the wind?
3.

Write a sentence
about cold weather. What does it feel
like? What does it look like?

4.

Ask and Answer Questions What
does a rain gauge show you?

thermometer a tool that measures
temperature

weather

what it is like outside

wind vane

a weather tool that tells
which way the wind is
blowing

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