Air and Weather

 

Concepts

• Develop an interest in air and weather.
• Experience air as a material that takes up space and can be compressed into a smaller space.
• Observe the force of air pressure pushing on objects and materials.
• Observe and describe changes that occur in weather over time.
• Become familiar with instruments used by meteorologists to monitor air and weather conditions.
• Compare monthly and seasonal weather conditions using bar graphs.
• Observe the location of the Sun and the Moon in the sky over a day and the change in the appearance of the Moon over a month.
• Organize and communicate observations through drawing and writing.
• Acquire vocabulary associated with properties of air and weather conditions.

 

 

Air and Weather Vocabulary

 

Air: An invisible mixture of gases.

Air resistance: When air pushes on an object moving through air and slows the object down.

Calm: A wind classification that describes when there is no wind.

Change: To make or become different.

Cloud: A group of very tiny water drops in the sky.

Cold: An air temperature between 0°C and 10°C (32°F and 50°F).

Column: A pillar.   

Compress: To squeeze air into a smaller space.

Cool: An air temperature between 10°C and 20°C (50°F and 65°F).

Degrees Farenheit: A unit for measuring temperature.

Direction: The course or line along which something moves, faces, lies or points.

Distance: How far it is between two points.

Freezing: An air temperature below 0°C (32°F).

Gentle breeze: A mild gust of wind.

Graph: A tool for organizing and comparing kinds of weather.

Inflate: To pump air into a container to make it bigger.

Invisible: Something that you cannot see.

Measure: To find the amount of something, such as weight or size.

Meteorologist: A scientist who studies the weather.

Moderate breeze: An average gust of wind.

Monitor: To observe and record observations about something over time.

Moon: A natural satellite revolving around a planet.

Overcast: When the sky is gray and cloudy, but it is not raining or snowing.

Partly cloudy: When it is sunny outside but there are lots of clouds in the sky.

Precipitation: Rain or snow.

Pressure: A force that acts on compressed air.

Propel: To push forward.

Propeller: Blades that turn around a center point to push or blow air.

Rain gauge: A tool used to measure the amount of rainfall.

Rainy: When the sky is cloudy and raining or drizzling.

Row: A series of objects placed next to each other.

Season: A time of year that has a typical weather pattern that can be observed, compared, and predicted.

Snowy: When the sky is cloudy and snow is falling.

Star: A celestial body that can be seen at night from Earth

Storm: Weather that has strong winds and can bring rain or snow.)

Strong breeze: A hard gust of wind.

Sun: A start hat is the center of a planetary system.

Sunny: When the weather is bright with few or no clouds.)

Symbol: A picture that represents the weather.

Temperature: A description of how hot or cold something is.)

Thermometer: A weather instrument used to measure temperature.

Tool: A device that is used to do something.

Warm: An air temperature between 20°C and 30°C (65°F and 80°F).

Weather: The condition of the air at a given time.

Weather balloon: A balloon used to carry weather instruments into the sky.

Weather instrument: A tool that helps meteorologists measure weather.

Wind: Moving air.

Wind vane: A weather instrument used to observe the direction of the wind.

 

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