As I type this, two students are on the internet looking for weather maps. Three students are gathered around a weather map, and giving reports (and asking for me videotape them:) ). Another student is outside with the weathervane, trying to find out where the wind is coming from. All in all, the Sharks are excited about being meteorologists. Over the next several weeks, we will be collecting data from several sources to track and predict weather patterns. We will be watching how this information is shared with others. We are connecting geography to weather, noticing that the weather is not the same in all places, and how maps are a large way to communicate the weather patterns. I am anxious to hear the questions that pop up as we gain experience with tools and concepts that we can investigate further. Below are a few pictures of us hard at work using tools such as thermometers, anemometers, weathervanes, and barometers.
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| learning to read different temperatures |
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| How warm is this water? |
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| We love doing weather reports, just don't tape me now! |
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| Check out this map, look at the weather in Alaska! |
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| The wind is coming from the southwest right now. |
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| Whoa! It's really windy out! |
