Telluride Elementary / Intermediate Science Curriculum Map

Grade Level: K WEATHER

Timeline / Unit Month	Essential Question & Vocabulary	Science Standards	Essential Projects/ Activities	Resources	Assessment
February/ March Weather (2 wks) *Kinder classes discuss the weather every school day as part of calendar and a significant part of many other units	How does weather affect and shape our lives? Vocabulary: precipitation evaporation condensation blizzard drought lightening snow frost overcast fog cirrus stratus cumulus thermometer weather season meteorologist observation experiment	1A • make and describe careful observations and perform simple experiments 1B • use tools and technology to gather information and extend the sense 1D • select and use appropriate tools and technology to gather and display quantitative and qualitative data related to investigation 4D • recognize how our activities are affected by the daily weather and changing seasons 5A • identify basic observable patterns and changes in the world and anticipate future events based on those patterns 1A • make and describe careful observations and perform simple experiments 4D • recognize how our activities are affected by the daily weather and changing seasons 5A • identify basic observable patterns and changes in the world and anticipate future events based on those patterns 1A • make and describe careful observations and perform simple experiments 1B • use tools and technology to gather information and extend the sense 2C • energy makes change possible (for example: heat changes ice to water) 2F • compare measurable physical properties before and after effecting a change to verify a change has occurred and predict its outcome in similar circumstances 4C • recognize that the sun is a principal source of earth’s heat and light 4D • recognize how our activities are affected by the daily weather and changing seasons 5A • identify basic observable patterns and changes in the world and anticipate future events based on those patterns 1A • make and describe careful observations and perform simple experiments 4C • recognize that the sun is a principal source of earth’s heat and light 4D • recognize how our activities are affected by the daily weather and changing seasons 5A • identify basic observable patterns and changes in the world and anticipate future events based on those patterns 1A • make and describe careful observations and perform simple experiments 1B • use tools and technology to gather information and extend the sense 4D • recognize how our activities are affected by the daily weather and changing seasons 5A • identify basic observable patterns and changes in the world and anticipate future events based on those patterns 1B • use tools and technology to gather information and extend the sense 4D • recognize how our activities are affected by the daily weather and changing seasons 1A • make and describe careful observations and perform simple experiments 2C • energy makes change possible (for example: heat changes ice to water) 2E • know that there are measurable quantities that allow you to determine the amount of energy in a system (example: heat release from a chemical reaction) 2F • compare measurable physical properties before and after effecting a change to verify a change has occurred and predict its outcome in similar circumstances 4C • recognize that the sun is a principal source of earth’s heat and light 4D • recognize how our activities are affected by the daily weather and changing seasons	STC Weather: Lesson #1-Sharing What We Know About Weather- P.13 STC Weather: Lesson 3- Recording the Weather STC Weather: Lesson 5- Thermometer Complete weather book; comparison of three thermometers wkst. STC Weather: Lesson 13 Observing Clouds Read: It Looked Like Split Milk and complete writing activity STC Weather: Lesson 14 Classifying Clouds (Optional: Pop up book activity) Read: Clouds by Tommy Depoala Comparing Forecasts to Today’s Weather – Teacher made homework sheet Comparing weather around the World/Nation (complete 1-1 during centers w/teacher or volunteer) Scholastic Kit Precipitation: What Makes Rain Fall	Weather STC kit & Teacher Made Activities Scholastic Weather Kit	Pre-asssessment P.17 Post Assessment p.157 & What Did We Learn worksheets M-F Center activcity: Oral questions from pg. 38 STC Thermometer assessment- Teacher made Presentation of Sentence: “It looked like…” Cloud Wheel – Teacher made Whole group oral discussion of student forecasts 1 page worksheet from the center – teacher made