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Weather Intro Video - posted from Stevens Point, WI
Whatever the Weather - posted from Surprise, AZ
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Brain Pop - Water Cycle - posted from Cohoes, NY
The water cycle describes the movement of water on, above, and below the surface of the Earth. This movie explains the major points of the cycle, including evaporation, condensation, and precipitation. Children will learn how water from precipitation contributes to groundwater and creates runoff into our streams, lakes, and oceans. Children will also learn the importance of conserving water, a crucial natural resource needed by all living things. We highly recommend reviewing the Changing States of Matter movie, which teaches about evaporation and condensation, concepts children should be familiar with to understand the water cycle. You can also extend the topic by screening the Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, movie.
Additional Books we enjoyed with this unit - posted from Turtle Creek, PA
Thomas Kingsley Troupe "Wild Weather: Science Adventures with Sonny the Origami Bird" (Origami Science Adventures)
Janice Dean "Freddy the Frogcaster and the Big Blizzard"; "Freddy the Frogcaster"
Harriet Ziefert "Where Does Kitty Go in the Rain?"
Marilyn Singer "On the Same Day in March: A Tour of the World's Weather"
Charles Ghigna "I See Fall"; "I See Winter"; "I See Spring"; "I See Summer" (books for the child to read)
Ann Cartwright "The Winter Hedgehog"
Nancy Van Laan "When Winter Comes"
Jan Thornhill "Winter's Coming: A Story of Seasonal Change"
Tony Johnston "Winter Is Coming"
Julia Rawlinson "Fletcher and the Falling Leaves"; "Fletcher and the spring time blossoms"
Janet McDonnell The Four Seasons (there is one for each season, a cute story about a mouse discovering each season)
Nancy E Wallace "Leaves leaves leaves"; "Seeds seeds seeds"
Monica Wellington "Zinnia's Flower garden"; "Riki's Birdhouse"
April Pulley Sayre "Raindrops Roll"
Jim Arnosky "Rabbits & Raindrops"
Anne Rockwell "Clouds" (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 1)
Heather Tekavec "Storm Is Coming!"
Fun forecasting story book - posted from Turtle Creek, PA
We stumbled upon these two gems, loaded with so much information about forecasting and reading weather clues geared toward young children. My daughter has been pretending to be a weather forecaster on the news.
Freddie the Frogcaster: http://www.amazon.com/Freddy-Frogcaster-Janice-Dean/dp/1621570843/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1435717109&sr=8-1&keywords=frogcaster
and
Freddie the Frogcaster and the Big Blizzard: http://www.amazon.com/Freddy-Frogcaster-Blizzard-Janice-Dean/dp/1621572544/ref=pd_bxgy_14_img_y
Fun forecasting story book - posted from Turtle Creek, PA
We stumbled upon these two gems, loaded with so much information about forecasting and reading weather clues geared toward young children. My daughter has been pretending to be a weather forecaster on the news.
Freddie the Frogcaster: http://www.amazon.com/Freddy-Frogcaster-Janice-Dean/dp/1621570843/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1435717109&sr=8-1&keywords=frogcaster
and
Freddie the Frogcaster and the Big Blizzard: http://www.amazon.com/Freddy-Frogcaster-Blizzard-Janice-Dean/dp/1621572544/ref=pd_bxgy_14_img_y
BrainPopJr - posted from Cleveland, TN
For those with access (access to subscription required), BrainPop Jr. has videos for each season and about Temperature.
GoogleTreks - posted from Cleveland, TN
GoogleTreks for Primary Kids-Science/Weather. http://googletreks.org/primary/index.html is link to main site.