Lesson Plan: Weather and Seasons
This lesson plan includes the objectives, prerequisites, and exclusions of the lesson teaching students how to describe what causes seasons and identify the typical weather conditions in each season.
Objectives
Students will be able to
- describe typical weather conditions expected and clothing needed during each season,
- describe in simple terms why we have seasons,
- explain the difference in timing of seasons in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
Prerequisites
Students should already be familiar with
- the names of the four seasons,
- defining air temperature and pressure, wind speed and direction, precipitation, and humidity,
- how scientists collect data and predict the weather,
- reading a thermometer to collect and compare data on air temperature.
Exclusions
Students will not cover
- details of the orbit of Earth around the Sun.