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Weather Forecasting & Safety
CONCEPTUALAsk questions to obtain information about the purpose of weather forecasting and how people prepare for and respond to severe weather
Mastery Evidence
- Explain that weather forecasts help people plan and stay safe
- Describe how people prepare for at least two types of severe weather (storm, flood, heat wave, blizzard)
- Ask relevant questions about weather hazards and find answers from appropriate sources
Assessment Prompt
“Can [child] explain why we check the weather forecast and what people do to get ready for a big storm or very hot weather?”
Curriculum Standards1 alignment
K-ESS3-2Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) K-5codes onlyStandard code — full text not included in this dataset.
Prerequisites1
- Seasonal changeshardAges 5—6
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- Seasonal changes hard
Must observe weather and seasons before understanding weather forecasting purpose
- Days, Weeks, Months & Years soft
Observing and describing seasonal changes requires basic date and time vocabulary (months, seasons, year)
- Ordering Events in Time hard
Understanding days/months/years builds on sequencing events chronologically
Unlocks2
- Weather ForecastingsoftAges 7—9
- Designing for Weather HazardshardAges 8—9