College of Education

Lesson Plan Template

Teacher Candidate: Carlos Trotty Date and Time
of Lesson: 10/10/14 1:50
chool: !est"ie# $iddle u%&ect/'rade Le"el:
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Description of Lesson: tudents #ill decode sym%ols appearing on a
surface #eather map and descri%e #eather conditions at "arious
locations on the map)
Lesson Title or Essential *uestion that guides the lesson:
+nterpreting #eather sym%ols
Curriculum tandards ,ddressed:
-ational tandard.s/: 6.E.2B. Conceptual Understanding: The complex patterns
of changes and movement of water in the atmosphere determined b winds!
landforms! ocean temperatures and currents! and convection are ma"or
determinants of local weather patterns and climate. Technolog has enhanced our
abilit to measure and predict weather patterns.
+ndicator: 6.E.2B.# $nal%e and interpret data from weather conditions &including
wind speed and direction! air temperature! humidit! cloud tpes! and air pressure'!
weather maps! satellites! and radar to predict local weather patterns and conditions.
Lesson 0%&ecti"e.s/: ,ssessment.s/ of the
0%&ecti"es:
A ntecedent: When 6
th
graders are given weather
symbols,
B ehavior: Students will decode
C ontent: science
D egree: To a degree of 80% correct
Before the lesson, the students
will be assessed by their
resonses and articiation
when as!ed "uestions# $uring
the lesson, students will be
assessed by correctly identifying
each symbol and %lling out their
chart# &fter the lesson, students
will comlete "uestions based
on their %ndings in their chart#
$aterials:
tudent !or1sheet 2)2)1 !eather ym%ols
(evised #.2).#*
tudent !or1sheet 2)2)3 +nterpreting !eather ym%ols4the "isual
language of #eather
atlas or other 5)) maps sho#ing ma&or cities
pencil
current 5)) #eather map
#eather sym%ols
iPads
5, today #e%site
6ocus *uestions:
#. +hat are some tpes of maps that are used to show weather,
2. -ow are the interpreted,
Engage: .lan ahead: assign watching the local news and weathercast the night
before the in/class activit as homewor0 with a chec0list. $s0 students to describe
the smbols used b a meteorologist during the T1 weather report. -ow much
information is conveed on such a weather map, &2ainl temperature ranges! cloud
cover and tpes of precipitation.' +hat technologies do T1 meteorologists use to
enhance their weather reporting, &3atellite images! 4oppler radar! 5/4 computer
graphics.' $s0 students to bring in samples of weather maps found in newspapers.
+hat information is displaed on each weather map,
E7plore:
There will be 6 stations in the classroom. $t each station! students will have a
weather smbol and a 0e to interpret the weather smbol. 3tudents will move from
station to station until the have completed all 6 stations. 7nce all 6 stations are
completed! students will be given an activit wor0sheet. Using their i.ads! the
students will visit U3$toda and view weather maps.
E7plain:
8 Each surface station is designated as a circle on the weather map.
8 Current temperature in degrees 9ahrenheit is displaed at the ## o:cloc0 position.
8 4ew point is displaed at the ; o:cloc0 position.
8 .recipitation tpe is displaed at the < o:cloc0 position.
8 $ir pressure! reported to the nearest tenth of a millibar! is displaed at the #
o:cloc0 position. To read the air pressure! place a decimal point between the second
and third number. Then add a < or #) to the left so the resulting air pressure falls
between <6) mb and #)=) mb.
8 +ind direction is displaed as a shaft extending out from the circle and pointing in
the direction from which the wind blows.
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8 +ind speed is displaed b the number of feathers or a pennant drawn on the
cloc0wise side of the shaft.
8 30 coverage is displaed b the percentage of the circle that is shaded in.
E7tend: 3tudents will use the maps found on the website in order to >ll out their
activit sheet chart. 7nce the chart is completed! students will answer ?uestions
regarding the chart.
E"aluate:
#. -ave students share their >ndings and their reasoning for what the have
recorded.
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