Mission Library

Blossoming Climates
Weather Patterns
Kindergarten

The Mission
17 min

Storyline

Students will apply their knowledge of weather patterns to help Miss Valerie decorate for her weather-themed party.

Miss Valerie is throwing a weather-themed party and needs help collecting flowers to decorate the various areas of her party. She needs a couple of flowers that will thrive in specific types of climates she'll be featuring at her party. The crew will need to compare and contrast weather data from several places in order to choose the best two flowers for Miss Valerie's party.

3-Dimensional Science

Phenomenon

Weather patterns can be tracked, observed, and described.

Science and Engineering Practices

Analyzing and Interpreting Data

  • Use observations (firsthand or from media) to describe patterns and/or relationships in the natural and designed world(s) in order to answer scientific questions and solve problems.

Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information

  • Describe how specific images (e.g., a diagram showing how a machine works) support a scientific or engineering idea.

  • Communicate information or design ideas and/or solutions with others in oral and/or written forms using models, drawings, writing, or numbers that provide detail about scientific ideas, practices, and/or design ideas.

Crosscutting Concepts

Patterns

  • Children recognize that patterns in the natural and human designed world can be observed, used to describe phenomena, and used as evidence.

Disciplinary Core Ideas

ESS2.D: Weather and Climate

  • Weather is the combination of sunlight, wind, snow or rain, and temperature in a particular region and time. People record weather patterns over time.

ESS2.C: The Roles of Water in Earth’s Surface Processes

  • Water is found in many types of places and in different forms on Earth.

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