Amazing World Records of Weather: 20 Innovative, Easy-to-Integrate Lesson Plans Teach Key Concepts and Motivate All Students! - Softcover

Sunflower Education

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1937166023 ISBN 13: 9781937166021

Publisher: Sunflower Education, 2013

Synopsis

A great way to teach weather! Capture students' imagination with a jaw-dropping world record and then build on that interest to teach core ideas.

For example, a lesson on the world's greatest rainfall (it's 73.62 inches—in one day!) leads to activities in which students construct rain gauges, record rainfall, and learn about the types of liquid precipitation. Students learn what makes weather, construct their own barometers, model the Coriolis Effect, apply the Beaufort scale, explain how snowflakes form, and conduct dozens of other high-interest activities.

Grades 5-9. Recommended by the National Science Teachers Association.

60 Reproducible Activity Sheets. Teaching Tips. Complete Answer Key.

Part of the Amazing World Records Series of books!

Amazing World Records of Weather includes a rich assortment of topics:

World’s Sunniest Place • World’s Hottest Place • World’s Highest Temperature • World’s Coldest Place • World’s Lowest Temperature • World’s Highest Air Pressure • World’s Lowest Air Pressure • World’s Windiest Place • World’s Highest Wind Speed • World’s Wettest Place • World’s Greatest Rainfall • World’s Greatest Snowfall • World’s Driest Place • World’s Foggiest Place • World’s Heaviest Hail • World’s Deadliest Hurricane • World’s Worst Tornado • World’s Worst Flood • World’s Worst Weather Disaster • World’s Worst Weather

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Review

"The Amazing World Records of Weather will certainly catch students' interest. The book deals with the extreme weather phenomena on the Earth like the highest temperature, highest wind speed, largest hailstone, and the worst weather disaster. The book consists of 20 such record-breaking events divided into four sections: temperature, air pressure, precipitation, and disasters. Each has a teacher's page, objectives, teaching tips, three reproducible activity pages, and extension activities. The activities cover a broad range of standards from writing and reading comprehension to content knowledge. The activities would take one to two periods to complete, depending on the level of the student.
 
I was teaching a meteorology unit when I received this book, so I used several of the activities with my students. They were really interested and wanted to cover more of the topics....An excellent starting point for further discussions and research of weather phenomena. I highly recommend the book for middle school and junior high students."
--Ellis U., National Science Teachers Association

"Love your series! Students enjoyed the activities! They were great additions to my lessons! Thank you."
--Deserii S.

"'World's largest' always gets students' attention!"
--Heather B.

Edition details

• Publisher: Sunflower Education
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1937166023
• ISBN 13: 9781937166021
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 110