Earth Science: Weather Week 5

Storms

Things got delayed quite a bit.  So we're a week behind.

Over the weekend, Giraffe posted a couple of Meteorologist items on the DIY.org at this point she is one item away from earning the Meteorology patch.  I love that she understands things enough to explain them in a video or post photos of what she is up to!  DIY patches are just another kinda fun way to cement the ideas a little.

Monday

• Read - Flash, Crash, Rumble, and Roll by Franklyn M. Branley.
• Read The Storm Book by Charlotte Zolotow.
• Complete The Mailbox Investigating Weather, Grades 1-3 "Storms: Lightning Safety" (page 28).   We talked about this, as she wasn't interested in doing the project and time was a little tight.
• Complete The Mailbox Investigating Weather, Grades 1-3  "Storms: A Thunderstorm Is Building" (page 27).  We've covered this in a couple previous units, more talking than physically doing, so we talked this through really quickly!
• Complete The Mailbox Investigating Weather, Grades 1-3  "Storms: A Few Words About Weather" (page 27).  This was kinda cute, but again there were other things she was interested in doing, so we talked, and she left and she has a really good handle
• Watche Bill Nye the Science Guy: Storms DVD by Disney.

As you can see by the comments after each of the things we had planned Giraffe is losing interest in talking about weather.  Many of the things we're discussing we do on a regular basis, like watching the clouds and just talking about what we see happening in them.  This is reaching a little deeper into it, and she's having a tough time staying with it - bored!

Tuesday

• Read - Hurricane & Tornado by Jack Challoner
• Read - Otis and the Tornado by Loren Long.
• Complete The Mailbox Investigating Weather, Grades 1-3  "Storms: A Twister in a Jar" (page 29). 

Trying to make a Tornado in a Jar.  (would work better with a Soda bottle but we didn't have any.)

Friday

• Read Hurricanes! by Gail Gibbons.
• Read Hurricane by David Wiesner.
• Read Hurricane by Jonathan London
• Complete The Mailbox Investigating Weather, Grades 1-3  "Storms: In the Eye of the Storm" (page 28). 

Hurricane in a bowl - seeing the effects from the Eye of the Storm!