Lesson Two:

Lesson Two:

Lesson: Storms

 

Objectives:

·         Students will be able to identify 4 main types of storms.

·         Students will be able to identify a key on a map.

·         Students will be able label different storms on a map.

 

Materials:

·         United States weather map.

·         Pencil

·         White board

·         Dry erase marker

·         Overhead

 

Anticipatory Set:

·         Read the story Thunder Cake to students.

·         Have students go to their desk and take out their white board, marker and a pencil.

·         Guide students to look at the key on the map.

·         Explain that they know about keys that unlock doors but this key will unlock their maps. Map keys explain different symbols on the map.

·         Ask them what they think the first symbol means ( lightning)

·         Demonstrate to students on overhead how to draw  the symbol. Invite them to practice on their white board.

·         Repeat process with the following three symbols; tornado, blizzard and hurricane.

 

 

Procedure:

·         Have students put away their white board and marker.

·         Have the students write in what each symbol means in the key.

·         Start with the first type of storm, read the first section about lightning guide the children to see the map on the overhead. Show them that most thunderstorms happen in Florida. Draw the symbol in Florida, guide the students to do the same.

·         Next read about blizzards, tell the students that most blizzards happened in Montanna, North Dakota, and Minnesota in the Northern part of each state. Demonstrate where to write the Blizzard sign.

·         Start reading about Tornados ask the students where they think Tornado alley is ( after reading the states names) Have volunteers to draw the tornado symbol on the map. Guide the children to indicate this on their own map.

·         Finally, read the information about hurricanes. Have students talk about why they think the hurricane is drawn the way that it is. Have another volunteer to draw the hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean waters.

 

Conclusion:

·         Ask the students what new storm they learned about. Listen to the variety of answers and facts.

·         Ask the students what a map key does?

·         Discuss how most maps have a key and they can use a key to help learn about the map.

 

Evaluation:

·         Review student’s weather map. Check to see if the students;

o    Successfully indicated each different storm.

o   Wrote each storm name in the key.