Science and Social Studies

Science Unit: Weather & Space

Essential Questions:

1. How does weather where you live change throughout the year? 

2. What information is used to predict the weather?

3. Where does water go?

4. How do weather patterns change?

5. What objects move through space, and how do they move?

6. How do the Sun and Earth interact?

7. How can we learn about the Moon?

8. How can Earth be compared to the other objects in the solar system?

9. What can we see in the night sky?

Upon completion of this unit students will be able to:

1. Define weather.

2. Describe four characteristics of weather

3. Infer how condensation occurs and rain forms in the atmosphere

4. Describe the water cycle and relate it to weather.

5. Explain why climate varies from place to place.

6. Summarize how seasons differ from place to place.