Weather Edited

Standard/ Benchmark	Learning Goals	Formative Assessment	Learning Performances
• Content Standard: K-4  •Standard: Earth and Space Science •Content Standard D: Changes in Earth and Sky •Benchmark: Weather changes from day to day and over the seasons.	The students will be able to recognize that there are many factors that influence temperature in a region.	Students have common misconceptions about how weather impacts temperature. 39% of students believe warm weather is caused by a combination of sun, humidity, and wind; 31%  to the sun; 14% to humidity. Most students (89%) did not understand that more information was needed.	Students will discuss their beliefs about weather all throughout the US by drawing the scale of temperature on a US map. Students will record observations of actual temperature on a map and discuss how temperature changes. Students will then discuss findings with other classmates and a local meteorologist.