The STANDARDS CORRELATION chart suggests which Utah Core 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 Utah Core Standards you can cover see the STANDARDS CORRELATION chart for the following PASSPORT TO KNOWLEDGE projects:
Elementary Standards: Kindergarten, First Grade,
Second Grade, Third Grade,
Fourth Grade, Fifth Grade
Middle School Standards: Sixth Grade, Seventh Grade,
Eighth Grade
Students will make observations using the five senses.
OBJECTIVES:
Identify the five senses and communicate the kind of information that each sense provides.
Observe common objects and living things from the surroundings using each of the five senses.
video Use appropriate language to report observations made through each sense.
video Make observations using a combination of senses and communicate observations.
Make observations about an object using more than one sense.
video Name the senses used to gather information in a given situation.
video Compare and report the information derived from each sense.
video Use instruments to extend the senses.
Make observations using tools (e.g., glasses, binoculars, hearing aids, stethoscopes, etc.) to extend the sense of sight and the sense of hearing.
video Record and compare observations made using senses alone and then observations made assisted by instruments.
video Students will observe weather and describe how seasonal changes affect living things.
OBJECTIVES:
Observe and record different weather conditions.
Use the senses to observe the weather each day over a period of time.
video Graph changes in weather over the period observed.
video Describe the different types of weather observed as the seasons change.
video Observe and describe seasonal changes and communicate how those changes affect living things.
Observe how plants look during different seasons.
video Observe how people dress and behave differently based on seasonal changes.
video Describe how plants and animals respond to changes in seasons.
video Generalize from data the typical weather for a season.
video Students will observe and describe the basic components of weather as related to the activities of plants, animals, and people.
OBJECTIVES:
Observe and record daily changes and seasonal patterns in the weather.
Observe and describe the basic components of weather.
video Record characteristics of weather observed.
video Graph daily differences in weather conditions.
video Investigate the effect of weather on the daily life of plants, animals, and people.
Describe changes in appearance and behavior of plants and animals as the weather changes.
video Compare and contrast activities of people and animals in your community during different weather conditions.
video Show how people and animals adapt to changes in the weather (e.g.,draw a picture, write a report, make a collage, etc.).
video Students will gather data about properties of heat and communicate observations.
OBJECTIVES:
Measure temperature and communicate observations.
Use a Celsius thermometer to measure temperature.
video Observe, record, and graph temperature changes over time.
video Students will gather data about properties of light and communicate observations.
OBJECTIVES:
Observe and describe different colors of light.
Observe and communicate colors of rainbows, sunsets, and sunrises.
video Students will investigate and describe the effect of light on heating objects of various colors.
OBJECTIVES:
Compare and graph the heating by light of different colored objects.
Measure and record temperatures of objects placed in light.
video Graph and communicate temperature measurements of objects heated by light.
video Communicate conclusions about the effect of color and heating by light.
video Observe and communicate the effect of changing the distance from a light source.
Predict the relative heating effect by light on objects located at different distances from a light source.
video Measure, graph, and record temperatures of objects placed at different distances from a light source.
video Communicate observations from heating objects at different distances from a light source
video Students will explain the water cycle.
OBJECTIVES:
Explain the processes of melting, precipitation, evaporation, condensation, percolation, and erosion.
Collect and record data on the various processes listed.
video Set up or draw apparatus which will cause water to change form.
video Explain in their own words the processes listed and the relationships between them.
video Construct a chart or drawing of the water cycle.
Make a model of the water cycle (e.g., drawing, computer simulation, physical model).
video Explain in their own words what "cycle" in water cycle means.
video Explain how a change in one part of the cycle would affect other parts.
video Create a story taking a drop of water through the water cycle.
video Students will observe, record, analyze, and predict weather.
OBJECTIVES:
Identify the elements of weather.
Explain the role of water as it relates to weather.
video Relate air and air movement to weather.
video Describe some effects of the sun on weather.
video Describe some effects of geographical factors on weather.
video Measure and record elements of weather.
Design and construct weather measurement devices.
video Use instruments to measure temperature, humidity, air pressure, and wind speed and direction.
video Record elements of weather over a period of time.
video Predict weather based on qualitative and quantitative observations.
Collect and record data from weather observations.
video Demonstrate the relationship between weather observations and seasonal weather patterns.
video Evaluate the accuracy of weather forecasts.
video Students will analyze the relationship between the sun's energy, the atmosphere, and Earth.
OBJECTIVES:
Analyze the influence of the sun's energy on the atmosphere.
Research and report on how the sun's energy affects global weather systems (e.g., ocean temperature, angle of suns rays, pollution).
video Design and perform an experiment to measure solar energy.
video Evaluate an experiment performed to measure solar energy.
video Using appropriate technology, analyze local atmospheric systems.
Using tools of meteorology, collect, graph, interpret, and analyze current weather data.
video Using weather instruments, predict the weather on a daily basis and compare to media forecasts.
video Using data, generalize local weather patterns (e.g., lake effect storms, canyon winds, dry summers).
video Determine the limitations of science and technology in predicting and controlling the weather.
Research how new technologies have changed scientists' understanding of atmospheric systems (e.g., satellites, Doppler radar).
video Contrast the scientific study of weather with the use of pseudoscience to predict or "control" the weather.
video Describe how technological advances in meteorology have improved the quality of life.
video Students will analyze the relationships between the atmosphere and biological systems.
OBJECTIVES:
Determine the consequences of atmospheric alteration to biological systems.
Identify atmospheric changes caused by living things throughout time (e.g., production of free oxygen, nitrogen cycle, microclimates, methane from organisms such as cattle, termites, and microorganisms).
video Collect and analyze data that relates to an atmospheric issue (e.g., ozone depletion, global warming, acid rain, automobile emissions).
video Research and report how atmospheric alteration has influenced lifestyles in Utah.
video Devise a plan to improve local air quality.
video Predict and illustrate future physical and biological changes on Earth based on current atmospheric trends.
Interpret data on atmospheric conditions
video Relate the effects of an existing plan designed to improve air quality (e.g., automobile emission tests, Clean Air Act, telecommuting) to future physical and biological changes on Earth.
videoKindergarten
TOPIC: Five Senses
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TOPIC: Seasons
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First Grade
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Second Grade
TOPIC: Heat and Light
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TOPIC: Atmosphere and Weather
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