How many different kinds of weather are there?

How many different kinds of weather are there?

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What’s the most interesting weather you’ve noticed?

How would you tell someone what that weather was like?

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DISCUSS: What’s the weather like in this picture?
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DISCUSS: What can you tell about the weather from this picture?
Is it warm or cold? How do you know?
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DISCUSS: Think about the different parts of the weather.
What would you say the weather is like in this picture?
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DISCUSS: What else do you talk about when you tell someone about the weather? Any ideas? Look at the picture for a clue.
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DISCUSS: How would you tell someone about the weather in this picture? Think about the four parts of the weather.
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weather


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what the air is like at a particular time and place
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temperature


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how hot or cold something is
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hot


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very warm
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warm


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slightly cooler than hot
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cold


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not hot or warm
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dry


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not wet
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Sun


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the large ball of light in the sky during the day
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sunny


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when there is lots of light from the Sun, not cloudy
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cloud


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a puffy, white object floating in the sky
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cloudy


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when there are lots of clouds, not sunny
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rain


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water drops that fall from clouds
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rainy


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when there is lots of rain
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wind


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moving air
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windy


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when there is lots of wind
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snow


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solid water that falls from the sky when it's very cold outside
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snowy


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when there is lots of snow
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observe


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to pay close attention to something
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THIS LESSON WAS REVISED ON JULY 1, 2021. Here is a link to the previous version.
In this lesson, students observe and describe the weather, paying attention to the sun, the temperature, the wind, and precipitation. In the activity, Be a Weather Watcher, students observe and draw the weather around them.

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