This is a resource from the National Center for Atmospheric Research and the National Science Foundation that explains the basics of weather and climate. This article is designed as background information for the teacher.
K-ESS2-1 Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time. Clarification Statement: Examples of qualitative observations could include descriptions of the weather (such as sunny, cloudy, rainy, and warm); examples of quantitative observations could include numbers of sunny, windy, and rainy days in a month. Examples of patterns could include that it is usually cooler in the morning than in the afternoon and the number of sunny days versus cloudy days in different months. Assessment Boundary: Assessment of quantitative observations limited to whole numbers and relative measures such as warmer/cooler.
This resource appears to be designed to build towards this performance expectation, though the resource developer has not explicitly stated so.
Comments about Including the Performance Expectation This resource should be used for teacher background information before teaching weather. Some of the information available on the site: the difference between weather and climate, types of weather (tornadoes, typhoons, hurricanes, blizzards, thunderstorms), cloud formations (the pictures of the clouds are something that should be shared with students when learning about clouds), forecasting and the tools used to observe weather, and climate change (effects, ancient climate change, models that can help predict the future of climate change). This information could be used at a local level with students.
This resource appears to be designed to build towards this science and engineering practice, though the resource developer has not explicitly stated so.
Comments about Including the Science and Engineering Practice The information about weather and climate learned will help the teacher to explain and teach students how to use information from weather observations to describe phenomena and notice weather patterns. The resource provides examples of how scientists gather evidence, the kind of data they gather, and technology used. This can be shared with students.
This resource is explicitly designed to build towards this disciplinary core idea.
Comments about Including the Disciplinary Core Idea By viewing the complete resource, a teacher will gain a great deal of knowledge and visuals to share about weather, it's patterns, and how it is measured.
This resource appears to be designed to build towards this crosscutting concept, though the resource developer has not explicitly stated so.
Comments about Including the Crosscutting Concept When learning about weather and climate on this site, patterns of the natural world are described to explain phenomena. The teacher will gain background information to help students build toward this crosscutting concept when studying weather and climate.