*Then repeat yellow, clear, white, blue, yellow, clear, white, and stop on blue.  Pictures of our class making water cycle bracelets coming soon!

Weather is the condition of air that surrounds Earth.  Have students draw pictures of themselves depicting different types of weather.  Have them write what kind of weather they like the most and the least and tell why.

  Weather affects everyone's life every day.  For example, it affects what we wear, what we do, what we eat, etc.  Discuss the many effects weather has on students' lives  Include topics like power outages, frost killing crops, ice closing a bridge, etc.  Have students make a list of things in their lives that are affected by today's weather.

  Have students keep a weather journal every day for one month.  Use the newspaper, Internet, or television to obtain daily weather forecast.  Record each days' predicted forecast.  Then record actual high and low temperature.  Also write about the weather and how it affected their life that day.  Include how it caused them to dress, what activities were affected by the weather, and how the weather possibly affected any other part of their daily life.  At the end of the month construct a bar graph to compare weather and look for patterns.

Storms are periods of violent weather.  Thunderstorms, winter storms, tornadoes and hurricanes are the main kinds of storms.  Have students work in groups to research each type of storm.  Each group would draw a mural depicting its assigned storm and present information to the class about the storm.

  After learning about the different types of clouds, students will make a picture of a cloudy sky using cotton balls, glue and construction paper.  Have students add drawings under the clouds showing what they might be doing when these kinds of clouds can be seen in the sky.

  Have each student choose one type of weather and write a poem about that type of weather.  See poetry links for examples of weather poems.

  After reading Gail Gibbon's Weather Words have students make a triple flap book of weather words and their definitions.  Write the weather words in the shape of the weather described...example: write "lightning" using lightning bolt letters.

  After reading Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, have students design a menu for a day of weather in the town of Chewandswallow.  Have them include at least 3 meals and 1 snack.

After discussing the water cycle, have students create a story about the life of a raindrop.  Have them tell the story from the raindrop's point of view.

Have students choose one weather myth to write about and illustrate.  Compile into a class book,

Have students make weather masks.  View weather masks made by Lanise Jacoby's 2nd grade students!