Lisa in the UP of MI Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 I'd like to study weather over the summer with my kids, who will be in second grade, kindergarten, and preschool in the fall. My rising K student is very interested in the weather and we've checked out many books from the library on the topic, including Magic School Bus and Lets-Read-and-Find-Out-Science. We'll probably read some of those again, but I'm wondering what other books, kits, or programs you have used and enjoyed to study weather. I think we'd enjoy something slightly above the Magic School Bus and LRAFOS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boscopup Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 RSO's Earth and Space has weather experiments, and it's in the free sample. We used it when we did our weather unit, though we only spent 3 weeks on weather. Otherwise, I just checked out whatever weather/forecasting/natural disaster type books I could find. My first grader LOVES weather. One of his favorite shows is Storm Chasers, and he's always talking about what type of tornado a particular object could withstand. :lol: Anyway, they had fun with the RSO experiments. They're not that deep, but they'd be good for the preK and K'er and still fun for the 2nd grader. I had to add in some info on clouds, as that wasn't in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agdah Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 Have you seen the FossWeb module on Air & Weather? They have lesson plans, and a printable handout book for the kids to use in experiments and observations. We really enjoyed it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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