Weather and Climate: CKSci Student Reader
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Weather and Climate focuses on the causes and effects of weather and climate. Students work to describe patterns in atmospheric conditions across time and location and investigate how predictions about the weather are made. What causes changes in the weather? What is the relationship between weather and climate? These questions are central to big-picture investigations of these phenomena.
Core Knowledge Science™ (CKSci) student Readers offer engagingly written text with many color illustrations, photographs, vocabulary sidebars, and a glossary. For each reader, a Teacher Guide is available separately. All materials may be downloaded and previewed in their entirety.
About This Book
Weather and Climate presents weather and climate phenomena and challenges students with intriguing questions. What causes changes in the weather? What is the relationship between weather and climate? These questions are central to big-picture investigations of these phenomena. Students read about the mixture of gases surrounding the planet. The oxygen we need makes up only about twenty percent of the atmosphere. Another important gas in the air is water vapor, which— through evaporation, condensation, and precipitation—plays a big part in weather. Meteorologists and climatologists study patterns of weather over different scales of time.
When reading Weather and Climate, students become aware that meteorologists also use other kinds of information to forecast the weather. Climatologists study patterns over longer time periods using much of the same data. Students also learn that some forms of weather can be severe and hazardous, such as a hurricane, a tornado, or a lightning storm. People can design solutions to prepare for hazardous weather and to minimize risks.
Related Components
- Teacher Guide: with detailed lesson plans, activity page masters, additional activities, and assessments
Preview the Book
Download this CKSci Student Reader in its entirety in PDF form.
About CKSci
Core Knowledge Science™ (CKSci) is a comprehensive program covering life science, earth and space science, physical science, and engineering design practices.
CKSci Student Readers offer engagingly written text with many color illustrations, photographs, vocabulary sidebars, and a glossary. In general, the content and presentation in CKSci Student Readers for Grades 3-5 are appropriate for young readers from the upper elementary grades through middle school (Lexile levels 650 – 980).
Using CKSci in the Classroom
- For Language Arts: You can also use CKSci to integrate content-rich nonfiction into your Reading/Language Arts lessons. Reading in the sciences provides background content knowledge that aids in reading across all disciplines.
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Bundles:
- Weather and Climate Homeschool Set:
1 Student Reader
1 Teacher Guide - Weather and Climate Classroom Set:
25 Student Readers
1 Teacher Guide
Paperback
6.7 in. W x 9.6 in. H
43 pages
ISBN: 978-1-68380-514-4
