With technological advances making weather prediction more precise and with visuals on your local news network a great place to see every type of weather condition, teaching about weather has gotten easier. Years ago when your science teacher told you about a hurricane or a tornado, chances were that you would never see one in action in your lifetime – but today that is all different as all you have to do is turn to the Weather Channel and you can see just about anything you want happening somewhere in the world.

Teaching about weather and breaking it down so that children understand it is much easier when you have a graphic illustration that demonstrates exactly what is happening. You can talk all you want about temperatures increasing or decreasing and causing a frontal system that has a high density or a low pressure system moving in – and everyone will look at you and say “What in the world are you talking about?”

But when you can visually demonstrate whatever weather phenomenon you are discussing it makes it so much easier. The weathermen of today use visuals all the time to tell you why you are about to get two inches of snow or a thunderstorm and it makes it so simple to grasp when you can look at a picture and see it visually.

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When she returned to get her elementary education degree while her now 17-year-old son was a small child, she thought she might like to teach kindergarten or first grade, but after student teaching under 6th grade …

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KSMU – Ozark Upper Elementary Science Teacher Lisa Spector

Science encompasses a variety of topics that cover a wide range of material so that when you talk about science you could be speaking about the weather, animal or plant life, the environment, the human body, outer space or the moon and stars or energy from solar to volcanic activity. Being an expert on all of these topics is not necessary, but learning at least a little bit about each will give you a better understanding of what life is all about.

You will learn about dinosaurs and about animals and their habitats and characteristics of each. You will learn which animals make good pets and which ones to avoid. Insects and other bugs that are helpful to the environment and those that are considered pests will be discussed. You will become aware of the environment and how to protect it and the animals, plants and oceans that make up our Earth. You will be in awe of how the earth was formed (more…)

Learning about weather can be exciting and it can also be daunting when you realize how powerful weather can be and the amount of devastation that it can leave in its path. Many people are never affected by weather because the worst things that have occurred where they live is a thunder and lightning storm or a record snowfall, but some types of weather can not only be destructive to property but can take human and animal lives as well.

Unfortunately, this can happen to anyone anywhere in the world although some regions are more prone to particular types of weather conditions such as hurricanes than are others. Winter brings snow to many areas of the country and rain to others and either of these can cause problems for residents. Big snow storms can result in downed (more…)

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Today’s children have the opportunity to learn about science in a different way than generations before them as the world is undergoing dramatic changes that affects how they will live and survive in the future. This applies to our environment, to our weather, to our bodies and to animals.

We have learned the evolution of dinosaurs and other animals that came before in prehistoric times, but there are animals today that are endangered because of overfishing, overhunting or of climate changes that have affected their habitats. This means that more animals will disappear and their purpose in life’s cycle will have to be taken up by another animal or other changes will occur. (more…)

Interactive Weather: http://www.scholastic.com/kids/ weather / – Excellent for understanding how temperature and humidity effect the weather . http://www.edheads.org/activities/ weather / – Excellent for teaching weather simulation. …

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