Grade Level:
- Grade 4 - Can be adapted to other grade levels.
Objectives:
- The student will review weather terms after a unit on weather is completed (all students participate for each question and are held accountable).
Estimated Time for Completing Activity:
Virginia SOLs:
- 4.6 - The student will investigate and understand how weather conditions and phenomena occur and can be predicted.
National Science Standards:
- Standard D - Objects in the Sky: The sun, moon, stars, clouds, birds, and
airplanes all have properties, locations, and movements that can be observed and described.
Prerequisites:
- Completed lessons on weather.
Class of Activity:
Materials Needed:
- Blank worksheet for each student, List of Questions/Answers for teacher, a jeopardy board (could be made on paper, on the overhead, or you could draw it on the board -- see teacher procedures for directions).
Teaching Procedures:
- This game was demonstrated at a NASA workshop. I've written down specific questions and answers to go along with a 4th grade weather unit (or can be adapted for any grade).
- Before beginning, you need to have a jeopardy board for students to select categories and
points. You could make it several ways. One way is to cut a large sheet of
bulletin board paper and put colored sheets of construction paper
over the squares with the amount of points for each category on each piece and then
remove them as the students select that point category. This is very visual for the
students. An easier way would be to draw the game board on the chalk board (or overhead) and
then erase each square as the students elect those points. The game
board should look something like this:
Weather
Instruments |
Weather
Predictions |
Water Cycle |
Cloud Type |
Weather
Miscellaneous |
| 100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
| 200 |
200 |
200 |
200 |
200 |
| 300 |
300 |
300 |
300 |
300 |
| 400 |
400 |
400 |
400 |
400 |
| 500 |
500 |
500 |
500 |
500 |
- Divide the class into 2 groups, they are to stay in their seats. Select 1 student at a
time to choose a category and the amount of points they wish to try for.
- Assign time keeper and decide how much time to allow for each answer. Assign scorekeeper.
- Pass out blank worksheets to each student. They are to fill in the answer to each question
and turn it in at the end of class. This holds all students accountable for reviewing and participating. Also,
walking around and spot checking raises their level of concern.
- As students select category, erase or mark through that square. See Teacher Copy for answers (what the teacher reads) and for questions (what the students ask).
You may need to adapt the list to meet your needs.
- You may select a couple questions ahead of time to be Double Jeopardy questions.
| Lesson Plan submitted by Karen Hooker, Williamsburg James City County Public Schools, Williamsburg, VA, USA, for NASA's S'COOL Project
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