GRADES UPK & K: WEATHER

Core Themes/Standards (NGSS): Weather & Climate; Natural Hazards; Planning & Carrying Out Investigations 

We recommend that these videos be watched in the order below, but each video can stand alone or be watched out of order. Included in many of the videos are “DISCUSS!” slides designed to allow the video to be paused for student discussion/brainstorming and concept review before continuing with the experiment. 

Be Prepared!

Through a series of weather bulletins direct from the MOST Weather Center, students will explore extreme weather scenarios from thunderstorms to heat waves. Discussing together or brainstorming individually, students can determine which items should go in their ‘emergency preparedness pack’ for each severe weather scenario.  

Exploring Shadows

Inspired by the storybook Moonbear’s Shadow by Frank Asch, this video explores shadows and light at different times of day – with help from our friend Moonbear! A teacher kit for demonstrating this experiment will be provided to your classroom by the MOST. Teacher kits also contain MOST Family Passes (1 per student in your classroom). 

Raincloud in a Jar Experiment

This experiment explores clouds and how they produce rain by creating a mini raincloud in jar! A teacher kit for demonstrating this experiment will be provided to your classroom by the MOST. Instructions for this experiment can be found here.

WEATHER UNIT WORKSHEETS AND EXTENSION ACTIVITIES 

• Vocabulary Bingo Card This Bingo Card contains many of the terms used throughout the videos. This can be used as a general overview for teachers, or as an activity for students to complete while watching the video series (words are spread throughout the videos within the series).  
• Extension Activity: Stretching Shadows
• Extension Activity: Weather Journal