Benchmark 3.2E.1 IDENTIFY THE EARTH AS A PLANET AND DESCRIBE ITS SEASONAL WEATHER PATTERNS OF PRECIPITATION AND TEMPERATURE.
Lesson 1 Solids, Liquids, and Gases
- B: What is Matter?
- Engineering Connection: Solid, Liquid or Gas? – identify materials as solids, liquids, or gases
Lesson 2 Condensation and Evaporation
- A: Changing State On-Line
- Engineering Connection: Witnessing Evaporation – conduct a study of evaporation and transpiration
Lesson 3 Condensation causes Clouds
Lesson 4 Water Cycle and Winter Precipitation
- A: Water Cycle Investigation
- D: Water cycle
- D, SB: Enchanted Learning: Water Cycle
- CAPABLE STUDENT Winter Storms
- TB: Severe Weather – Winter Weather
- TB: Severe Weather – Thunderstorms
- TB: Severe Weather – Hail
Lesson 6 Record Temperature
Lesson 7 Heat in Oregon
A: Activities  TB: Teacher Background  SB: Student Background
Engineering Connection
Craft Activities from Enchantedlearning.com
Language Activities
Linking to Literature
Snacks
Very Capable Students
Ask an Expert
Careers in Science
Craft
Language Activities
Math Activities
Social Studies
- Weather Safety
- D: US current weather map
- D: US current temperature map
- D: US current temperature change map
- D: US current wind map
Spanish Pages
Very Capable Students
- What’s In the Rain?
- What’s in the Wind?
- See a Raindrop
- Become an Expert A-Z for weather part 1
- Become an Expert A-Z for weather part 2