Whither the Weather? Be a Forecaster
Topics: Middle School, Science
Do you have to pull your child away from the T.V. to get him to complete his homework? With this activity, you can let him watch T.V. and do his science homework at the same time!
This activity is to be done over the course of several days.
Day 1
Begin by watching one segment of the weather forecast together. Just listen. When the segment is complete, ask your child to write down the terms that the meteorologist used that he recognized. Ask him to write a brief definition for each term or to look up the meanings in their textbooks. Talk about each term together. Examples include low front, jet stream, humidity, and precipitation.
Day 2-Day 3
Create a chart that looks something like the following:
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Predict Humidity
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Actual Humidity
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Predict Temp.
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Actual Temp.
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Predict Precip.
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Actual Precip.
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