Week 1: Lesson 7 Investigating Weather Systems: Students will visit daily:
Station One: Explain that air surrounds us, takes up space, moves around us as wind, and may be measured using barometric pressure	Station 2: Identify how water exists in the air in different forms (e.g., in clouds, fog, rain, snow and hail). Water Chambers: The Water Cycle (AIMS) Daily visit from students to observe changes.	Station 3: Investigate how water changes from one state to another (e.g. freezing, melting, condensation and evaporation). Students will write a personal narrative of the life of a rain drop.	Station 4 Describe weather by measurable quantities such as temperature, wind direction, wind speed, precipitation and barometric pressure. Record local weather information on a chart and describe changes over a period of time (e.g., barometric pressure, temperature, precipitation symbols and cloud conditions).	Media #1 Students will be introduced to an online primary resource for recording local daily weather: NOAA and the National Weather Service www.noaa.gov Students will learn to use this site to gather and record weather events in measurable quantities such as temperature, wind direction, wind speed, precipitation and barometric pressure.

Week 1 Lesson 8 Investigating Weather Systems “Forcasting”
Station 5 Trace how weather patterns generally move from west to east in the USA Complete “A Front Seat”	Station 6 Describe the weather which accompanies cumulus, cirrus, and stratus clouds. “Cloud Movement and Type”

Week 2
Weather Phenomenon What are they, how do they effect people and the Earth’s land surface, what technology has been developed to predict the phenomena. Topics include: Tornado Hurricane Blizzard El Nino Galciers Lake effect snow Lightning and thunder Dust storms and drought Floods	Media Lesson #2 Introduce Big Six Model to plan research of weather phenomenon. Data and information collected will be used to create a multimedia presentation describing a weather phenomenon.	Media #3 Research Strategies - Online Database, Online Encyclopedia and internet search engine usage. Citations.	Technology and Weather Forecasting How has weather changed over time? History of weather forecasting Freezing precipitation.

Week 3
Media #4 Students will be introduced to how to make Powerpoint Presentations.	Media #5 Students will use collected weather phenomenon data and information and create a PowerPoint presentation as a culminating activity.	Media #6 Students will deliver weather phenomenon presentations using the interactive multimedia lab.