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Students will describe what a meteorologist does and
define several different types of
clouds. |
Primary Learning Outcomes
What does a meteorologist do? What the the names of some types
of clouds?
Additional Learning Outcomes
Assessed QCC Standards:
Grade: 4
Guidance
B. Educational and Occupational Exploration
6
Topic: Skills to
understand and use career information.
Standard:
Describe work of family members, school personnel, and
community workers. Identify occupations according to data, people, and things.
Identify work activities of interest to the student. Describe the relationship
of beliefs, attitudes, interests, and abilities to occupations. Describe jobs
that are present in the local community. Identify the working conditions of
occupations (e.g., , inside/outside, hazardous). Describe ways in which
self-employment differs from working for others. Describe how parents,
relatives, adult friends, and neighbors can provide career information.
Procedures/Activities
Step:
1 Duration: 5 min.
Allow students to look up the word “meteorologist” and discuss
some of the responsibilities of a meteorologist.
Step: 2 Duration: 10 min.
Then encourage students to pretend that they are
meteorologists and have them become familiar with the different types of clouds:
Nimbus - Very dark clouds that produce lots of rain. Stratus - Clouds that are
produced when the sky is covered in a blanket of gray. These clouds produce
light drizzle rain. Cumulus - Fluffy white clouds. Cirrus - The highest clouds
in the sky. They look like smoky clouds. Fog - The lowest cloud in the sky.
Step: 3 Duration: 5 min.
Encourage students to draw a picture of each type of cloud and
then predict what type of rain would fall from the clouds.
Step: 4 Duration: several days
Allow students to pretend that they are “meteorologists” and
report to the class the types of clouds they observe for three days. Students
may also want to document the temperature for three days. Have students draw a
thermometer to illustrate the daily temperatures. Distribute worksheets for
students to use in recording this information.
Attachments for Step
4
Title: FileName: Meteorologist Report.doc
Description: Print and copy
for each student.
Materials and Equipment
Worksheet, Pencil or pen
Standards (Local and/or National)
Total Duration
30 min for instruction, several days follow-up
Technology Connection
Assessment
Students answers to the worksheet will be assessed for
accuracy.
Extension
Have students research to find other careers that are related
to weather and weather phenomena.
Remediation
Have students watch a meteorologist on TV and keep track of
their weather predictions and the actual. Compare the results to see if they
were accurate.
Accommodation
Modification
For students with significant disabilities, what changes can
be made in instruction and teaching delivery to allow students to participate in
classroom instruction while working on IEP objectives and off grade level QCC
standards. Below are suggested modifications correlated to the procedures of
this lesson plan.
