juliechatfieldweather

Name: Julie Chatfield
Title: weather
Summary: I will use the digital thermometer from the McKay building to track the weather throughout the day.  We can then use the program Kidsperation to track the weather. We will look at a list of local animals, and use websites to see if the weather that day suits them.
Primary Core Objective: 2nd Grade Standard 3 Objective 2a. Describe how weather affects people and animals
Materials Used by the Teacher:   List of local animals that might be affected most by weather (ie. Insects, small mammals, etc.)	Materials Used by the Students:   List of local animals that might be affected most by weather (ie. Insects, small mammals, etc.)
Technologies Used by the Teacher:   Digital thermometer Computers with internet access	Technologies Used by the Students:   Digital thermometer Computers with internet access
Intended Learning Outcomes:  Students should be able to operate a digital thermometer, and how the temperature affects local animals.
Instructional Procedures: At the beginning of the day, I will explain the activity.  We will go outside every hour and look at the cloud formations, and take a temperature reading.  We will enter the data into Kidsperation, and observe the trend.  At the end of the day, we will look at a list of local animals, and choose a few that we would like to study.  We will look online at the weather that they survive in best, and the changes they have to make with the weather changes.  We will see what the animals are most likely doing that day.
Extensions:   We can talk about how people are affected by the weather.  What clothes to wear, what different foods we eat, games we play, ect.
Assessment Plan: Find pictures of each of the animals we discuss, and have them sort the pictures into summer winter spring summer columns by which season the animals thrive most in.