The STANDARDS CORRELATION chart suggests which North Carolina Science Standards you can cover using PASSPORT TO WEATHER AND CLIMATE in your classroom. We hope you will discover additional standards you can use. These are the ones our Instructional Materials Development team felt most directly related to the activities contained in PASSPORT TO WEATHER AND CLIMATE.
For additional North Carolina Science Standards you can cover see the STANDARDS CORRELATION chart for the following PASSPORT TO KNOWLEDGE projects:
Elementary Standards: Kindergarten, Grade One,
Grade Two, Grade Three,
Grade Four, Grade Five
Middle School Standards: Grade Six, Grade Seven,
Grade Eight
High School: Earth/Environmental Science
The learner will build an understanding of weather concepts.
Objectives
2.01 Observe daily weather changes throughout the year:
video 2.02 Identify types of precipitation, variations in wind, sky conditions and day and night changes.
video 2.03 Observe the seasonal and daily changes in weather: similarities and differences, temperature changes.
video The learner will increase his/her understanding of how the world works by using tools.
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4.01 Describe the functions of tools.
video 4.02 Determine the usefulness of tools to help people: scissors, pencils, crayons, paper clips, hammers, etc.
video 4.03 Apply nonstandard units of measure.
video 4.04 Conclude that tools extend human capabilities.
video The learner will build an understanding of the actions of objects.
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4.01 Observe the ways in which things move:
video 4.02 Describe motion of objects by tracing and measuring movement over time.
video 4.04 Observe that objects can move steadily or change direction.
video The learner will build an understanding of the changes in weather.
Objectives
2.01 Describe weather by measurable quantities:
video 2.02 Assess weather changes from day to day and over the seasons.
video The learner will build an understanding of changes in properties.
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3.01 Determine three states of matter:
video 3.02 Observe changes in state due to heating and cooling in common materials.
video 3.03 Determine what can be done to materials to change some of their properties. (buoyancy-float and sink)
video 3.04 Observe the change in position and motion of objects relative to the strength of the push or pull (force).
video The learner will build an understanding of light and heat concepts.
Objectives
4.01 Analyze the reflection of light.
video 4.02 Determine the nature of light through the use of shadows.
video 4.03 Analyze conduction (the movement of heat from one object to another).
video 4.04 Evaluate the ability of different materials to conduct heat.
video 4.05 Determine that heat is produced from decaying plants in a compost pile.
video The learner will build an understanding of technological designs.
Objectives
4.01 Assess the invention of tools and techniques to solve problems.
video 4.02 Observe the many tools that are based on designs found in nature.
video The learner will build an understanding of forms and sources of energy.
Objectives
2.01 Assess the sources and forms of energy (heat, light, electricity, mechanical motion, and sound).
video 2.02 Assess the needs, benefits, distribution, pollution, and cost associated with society's use of energy.
video 2.03 Analyze the interaction and transformation of the forms of energy.
video The learner will build an understanding of weather and climate.
Objectives
4.01 Analyze the water cycle:
video 4.02 Analyze the formation of clouds and their relation to weather systems.
video 4.03 Relate global atmospheric movement patterns to local weather.
video 4.04 Compile weather data to establish climate trends.
video 4.05 Evaluate oceans' effect on weather and climate.
video The learner will investigate the characteristics of energy transfer.
Objectives
4.01 Determine how convection and radiation transfer energy.
video 4.02 Analyze heat flow through materials or across space from warm objects to cooler objects until both objects are at equilibrium.
video 4.03 Conclude that vibrating materials generate waves that transfer energy.
video 4.04 Evaluate data for qualitative and quantitative relationships associated with energy transfer and/or transformation.
video 4.05 Analyze the physical interactions of light and matter:
video 4.06 Examine the law of conservation of energy.
video The learner will build an understanding of the atmosphere.
Objectives
1.01 Explain the composition, properties, and structure of the atmosphere.
video 1.02 Analyze the properties that can be observed and measured to predict air quality:
video 1.03 Examine evidence that atmospheric properties can be studied to predict atmospheric conditions and weather hazards:
video 1.04 Evaluate human impact on the atmosphere.
video 1.05 Assess the use of technology in predicting, monitoring, and recording atmospheric phenomena.
video The learner will build an understanding of the dynamics and composition of the atmosphere and its local and global processes influencing climate and air quality.
Objectives
5.01 Analyze the formation of the atmosphere and hydrosphere as a result of the phenomena of out-gassing as the primordial earth cooled.
video 5.02 Analyze the structure of the atmosphere:
video 5.03 Analyze weather systems:
video 5.04 Analyze atmospheric pressure:
video 5.05 Analyze air masses and the life cycle of weather systems:
video 5.06 Evaluate meteorological observing, analysis, and prediction:
video 5.07 Analyze the effects of human activity on the environment and the influence of issues on weather and climate.
video The learner will build an understanding of alternative choices facing human societies in their stewardship of the earth.
Objectives
7.01 Analyze the relationship between the potential of technology to improve the quality of life and the possible causes of stress on the environment.
video 7.02 Analyze the interdependence of Earth's natural resources and systems, including land, air, and water, with the need to support human activity and reduce environmental impacts.
video 7.03 Assess how society weighs the choices of economic progress, population growth and environmental stewardship and selects a balanced responsible course of action.
videoKindergarten
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Grade One
Competency Goal 4:
•Straight.
•Zigzag.
•Round and round.
•Back and forth.
•Fast and slow.
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Grade Two
Competency Goal 2:
•Temperature.
•Wind direction.
•Wind speed.
•Precipitation.
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Competency Goal 3:
•Solid.
•Liquid.
•Gas.
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Grade Three
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Grade Four
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Grade Five
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Competency Goal 4:
•Evaporation.
•Condensation.
•Precipitation.
•Ground water.
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Grade Six
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•Absorption.
•Scattering.
•Color perception.
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Grade Seven
Competency Goal 1:
Strands: Nature of Science, Science as Inquiry, Science and Technology, Science in Personal and Social Perspectives
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•Particulate matter.
•Ozone.
•Pollen.
•Temperature inversions.
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•Humidity.
•Temperature.
•Wind speed and direction.
•Air pressure.
•Precipitation (pH).
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Earth/Environmental Science
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•Temperature.
•Pressure.
•Water vapor.
•Atmospheric transparency.
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•Movement.
•Humidity.
•Cloud formation.
•Precipitation.
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•Planetary wind systems.
•Pressure cells.
•Altitude.
•Local breezes.
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•Air masses.
•Frontal systems.
•Hazardous weather.
•Warning systems and their effectiveness.
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•Worldwide observing systems.
•Meteorological data depiction.
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