K meteorologist

KINDERGARTEN
WE ARE GLOBAL COLLABORATORS
LESSON 7: KINDERGARTEN METEOROLOGISTS

THE LESSON MISSION

I can explain how the location of a place on Earth can affect its temperature and weather.

WHAT IS A METEOROLOGIST?

METEOROLOGIST WORDS

Tool Box

predict: To make a smart guess

temperature: A measurement of how hot or cold it is outside

sky cover: How the sky looks including clear with no clouds, party cloudy, or mostly cloudy

precipitation: Water in any form that falls from the clouds including rain, snow, sleet, hail, and fog

humidity: How the amount of water vapor in the air makes you feel

wind: The direction and speed that the wind travels

high: The warmest temperature it will get to in a day

low: The coolest temperature it will get to in a day

UV Index: The measurement of dangerous sunlight

sunrise: The time that you can first see the sun in the morning

sunset: The time that you can no longer see the sun in the evening

equator: An imaginary line that divides the Earth into a top and bottom and where it is hotter than any other place on Earth because it always gets the same amount of sunlight

poles: the two spots on the top of Earth and bottom of Earth that get the least amount of sunlight making them the coldest places on Earth

LOCATION AND WEATHER

The location of a city or place plays a part in the weather the city will most likely have. The hottest place on Earth is the equator. The Equator is an imaginary line that divides the Earth into a top and bottom. This line is the hottest place on Earth because it is the only place that gets direct sunlight all year. The closer a place is to the North and South Pole, the colder the place will be. These places are far away from where the sunlight hits the Earth. This is why they are the coldest places.

Remember our directions when we were coding. They were North, South, East, and West. The United States in between the North Pole and the Equator. So, the south parts of the United States are warmer than the north parts of the United States because the South parts are closer to the equator and the North parts are closer to the North Pole.

CHARTING THE WEATHER

Meteorologists have to know what the weather is like in different areas of the country. Each week, your class will chart the weather information for four cities: Trussville, Alabama in the Southeast, New York City, New York in the Northeast, Seattle, Washington in the Northwest, and Phoenix, Arizona in the Southwest. After we chart the information, we will analyze or look at and figure out, similarities and differences in the weather for these four places.

Let's look at the data you collected. Talk with your groups. What regions are similar? Why do you think they are similar?

WHAT DO YOU KNOW?

Let's do a poll. A poll lets people vote on what they think. I am going to read a question and the choices. Select the one you think is right. There will be two questions.

Click here to do the poll!

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED