Weather Videos for Kids

 

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Cloud Spotter

 

I remember doing something similar to this with my Kinder classes. It doesn't have to be this elaborate, but it makes a great science activity where you can get out of the classroom for a few minutes, especially if you don't have windows.

Rainbow Rain Clouds

 

25 Fun & Educational Weather Crafts and Activities

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Thunder Clouds!

My neighbor teacher had the kids make these adorable rain clouds. One hand holds a  raindrop, the other hand holds a lightning bolt, and the two feet are smaller clouds.

A Different Kind of Weather Graph



We needed to graph the weather for seven consecutive days in science. But I wanted to do something other than a standard graph. I started with a sentence strip, and had the kids fold it 3 times. Unfolding it gave us 8 nice-sized squares.

 

For the next 8 days, we checked and marked the weather on our graphs. That included putting the date, drawing a pictoral of the weather, and marking the temperature. (We made sure to check the temp at the same time every day.)

 



As we worked on them, we hung them overhead, making for some neat decoration.

Taking Advantage of the Spring Weather

It's getting warmer, and we're finally able to go outside without needing our coats. Just to take advantage of this spring weather, I took the class outside to do some journal work. I had my portable, lap-size whiteboard. We spent a good 25 minutes doing our journaling, and the time felt like it flew by. The experiment was such a success, we'll be doing it again.

Graphing the Weather

We graph the weather every day as part of our "morning message" routine.  Before I show them the temperature, we look at the temp from the day before and estimate if today's will be hotter, the same as, or cooler.  And why.

Once we fill up a whole chart (see left), we'll graph it another way.  Since the last chart varied from the 50s to the 80s, we'll graph how many days were in the 50s, the 60s, the 70s, and the 80s.  Then compare which range had the most (A: 70s), the least (A: 50s), and what the difference was.