Weather in different climates have patterns that can be observed and predicted.

• Collaboratively develop and/or revise a model based on evidence that shows the relationships among variables for frequent and regular occurring events.

• Develop and/or use models to describe and/or predict phenomena.

• Represent data in tables and/or various graphical displays (bar graphs, pictographs and/or pie charts) to reveal patterns that indicate relationships.

• Analyze and interpret data to make sense of phenomena, using logical reasoning, mathematics, and/or computation.

• Compare and contrast data collected by different groups in order to discuss similarities and differences in their findings.

• Read and comprehend grade appropriate complex texts and/or other reliable media to summarize and obtain scientific and technical ideas and describe how they are supported by evidence.

• Compare and/or combine across complex texts and/or other reliable media to support the engagement in other scientific and/or engineering practices.

• Combine information in written text with that contained in corresponding tables, diagrams, and/or charts to support the engagement in other scientific and/or engineering practices.

• Communicate scientific and/or technical information orally and/or in written formats, including various forms of media as well as tables, diagrams, and charts.

• Students identify similarities and differences in order to sort and classify natural objects and designed products. They identify patterns related to time, including simple rates of change and cycles, and to use these patterns to make predictions.

• Climate describes patterns of typical weather conditions over different scales and variations. Historical weather patterns can be analyzed.