Grade 5
Science & Technology
Earth and Space Systems
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Characteristics of the Earth's Atmosphere: An experiment with three objectives: Students will describe and compare the layers of the atmosphere; Students will explain how to measure the temperature of the atmosphere; Students will explain what causes the atmosphere to heat up in some places more than in others.

Air Affects Weather: Moisture, Movement, Pressure: Set of 3 Experiements

Plotting Weather on the Move: A set of 6 activities about Using Weather Maps; Plotting Sky Data; Plotting wind, Temperature, and Pressure; Plotting Highs and Lows; Plotting Fronts; Using Weather Satellites, Satellite Images, and Radar. It uses US examples, but can be modified for Canadian data.

Forecasting the Weather: Excellent lesson plan for teaching students how to predict the weather.

The Weather Unit

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