Weather

The weather affects everything we do. Build a weather person with a wind vane at its back. When the wind turns it on its spinning base, look at the compass you've embedded and know which direction the wind is coming from. Learn to look at clouds and cloud patterns. What do they mean?

Students will learn the importance of meteorology, as well as other essentials, such as how clouds are created, why it rains, how wind forms, and the four cardinal directions: N, E, S, and W. They will also understand how the direction of the wind affects our weather.

Weather affects so much of what we do, and we depend on predicting weather in more ways than we realize. To create a weather broadcast, however, you need to gather data and interpret the meanings. Our Weather Station measures:

1. Temperature
2. Wind direction
3. Wind speed 
4. Rainfall 

We discuss how the weather changes and describe cloud formations. Students will learn how to make readings from their instrument and make predictions based on those readings.