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Engaging Weather Activities for Kids

The document outlines various weather-related activities for children, including experiments with thermometers and evaporation to teach them about temperature changes and the water cycle. It also includes discussions on idiomatic expressions related to wind, encouraging creativity in understanding their meanings. Additionally, it suggests organizing a kite-flying contest to engage students in a fun and educational way.

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Engaging Weather Activities for Kids

The document outlines various weather-related activities for children, including experiments with thermometers and evaporation to teach them about temperature changes and the water cycle. It also includes discussions on idiomatic expressions related to wind, encouraging creativity in understanding their meanings. Additionally, it suggests organizing a kite-flying contest to engage students in a fun and educational way.

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We a t h e r A c t i v i t i e s !

WEATHER EXPERIMENTS WINDY DISCUSSIONS


Help your children understand various Write these "windy" sayings on the
weather changes and some of the class board and ask students to dis-
ways in which the weather is cuss their meanings. Encourage them
forecasted with these simple to be creative in their explanations
experiments. before you reveal their true
THERMOMETER READINGS meanings.
Place a thermometer in a bowl When something is "written on
of ice water. Let the children the wind" it is not very lasting.
read the temperature. Place
the same thermometer in When something is "blowing in
warm water and have the students the wind," there is something
record the temperature each day for that will soon be known by
two weeks. Record the results, in everyone.
graph form, on a chart.
"To throw caution to the winds"
EVAPORATION means that someone is being
Measure out identical amounts of reckless.
water into two separate shallow con-
tainers. Put one container in a cool “Going before the wind"
place and the other one in a warm, means that everything is
sunny location. After several proceeding smoothly.
hours, pour the water back into
the measuring cups. Ask the chil- A "windbag" is someone who talks
dren to observe if one container all the time and says very little.
has more water than the other.
Explain how water evaporates, To "get wind" of something is to hear
condenses into clouds and even- about something going on.
tually returns to earth in the
form of rain, snow, etc. KITE CONTESTS
Arrange a kite-flying tournament for
MAKE A CLOUD the children in your classroom.
Freeze ice cubes in a metal
tray. Fill a wide-mouthed jar Post a set of rules noting the types of
with an inch of very hot water kites that can be flown, time involved
and set the tray of ice cubes on top of getting each kite into the air, etc.
the jar. Darken the room and ask the Provide ribbons and awards for the
students to observe the jar with a winners of the selected categories.
flashlight. They will soon see how the
steam from the hot water hits the ice You might want to ask students to
cube tray and forms a cloud inside the make their own kites. Ribbons can
jar. Explain that this same thing hap- be awarded for most original kite,
pens when the warm moisture rises easiest kite to fly, highest-flying
from earth and meets the cold air in kite, etc.
the sky. The results are clouds!
© Teacher’s Friend, a Scholastic Company Monthly Idea Book: March

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