NGSS · Kindergarten
Ask questions to obtain information about the purpose of weather forecasting to prepare for, and respond to, severe weather.
Clarification statement: Emphasis is on local forms of severe weather.
Why water teaches this standard well
Big storms and floods are the severe weather young students most often experience, and water utilities and stormwater crews are among the people who prepare for them. Lessons on how a town gets ready for heavy rain give this standard a concrete community-helper framing.
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Kindergarten Worksheet
A kindergarten worksheet where students trace rain downhill across a fictional schoolyard, decide whether a leaf-covered drain can work, and get ready for a big storm.
Kindergarten Worksheet
A kindergarten worksheet about a visit from Bramlow's town weather watcher, where students tell questions from statements, ask one, and write her a note.
Kindergarten Worksheet
A kindergarten worksheet on a fictional town where students compare Cobbin Creek before and after a day of rain and work out where all that water came from.
Kindergarten Worksheet
A kindergarten worksheet set at a fictional school whose playground floods after rain, where students sort surfaces and count which ones soak up water.
Kindergarten Reading passage
A kindergarten read-aloud about a fictional town whose crew fills the hilltop tank before a storm, so taps still run after the wind knocks the power out.