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Lesson Plan

Earth’s Systems: Weather and Climate

Subject Science
Grades 3-5

Introduction

How’s the weather up there? Students will track the weather over the course of one month in order to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season. Here’s the catch… they will use tables and graphs to do so!

Learning Objectives

(3-ESS2-1) Represent data in tables and graphical displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season.

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