It's time to learn about measuring weather! These activities are low-to-no prep, full of fun, and engaging that will get your students excited about learning about how air temperature, barometric pressure, humidity, wind speed and direction, and precipitation determine the weather in a particular place and time.

The fun and engaging worksheets are a great addition to any science unit. Each worksheet transforms your class into an exploratory classroom. Using this material, your students will gain a better understanding of measuring weather. The informational pages included provides a handy guide for teachers when teaching this unit. The worksheets engage the mind while reinforcing student understanding through activities such as multiple choice questions, investigating activities, writing activities, and more! The answer key is included!

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This Activity aligns with Next Generation Science Standards:

SC.5.E.7.3 Recognize how air temperature, barometric pressure, humidity, wind speed and direction, and precipitation determine the weather in a particular place and time.

They can complete the activities on paper or on a computer using Google Classroom. This resource is divided into the following sections, and within each section are ready-to-print resources and engaging activities:

Introduction to Weather

It has a brief history of the subject, with an overview of all the most important points. It also includes diagrams and illustrations to help illustrate what they're learning and make it more fun. 

Engaging Activities

✍️ Multiple choice questions

✍️ Identify what type of cloud is being described

✍️ Write the term that matches the photo

✍️ Explain what each tool measures

✍️ Identify what kind of weather shown in each photo

✍️ Complete the table based on the text about Beaufort Wind Scale

✍️ Match the weather instrument to its purpose

✍️ Draw the activities you do on a given weather

✍️ Write the weather forecast for today

✍️ Science experiments: DIY wind vane, observe weather patterns and observe types of clouds that appear outside each day

✍️ Weather spinning wheel

✍️ Weather memory game

✍️ Weather scavenger hunt activity

✍️ Weather questions worksheet

Answer Key to Activities

All Science Activities include an answer key that is available as PDF and Google Slides. The answer key is a valuable resource to use in the classroom, or at home, as they help students learn how to explain their answers, check if their explanations are correct, and improve their scientific knowledge and thinking skills.

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