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Weather Watcher Week
Draw the weather every day for a week, record the temperature and find the pattern.
- Grades
- K–3
- Time
- about 10 minutes
- Topic
- Math and science
- Kids practice
- observing weather, reading a thermometer, finding patterns
What kids do
“Be a weather scientist. Look outside each day and record it.”
- Mon
- Tue
- Wed
- Thu
- Fri
- Temp:
- Temp:
- Temp:
- Temp:
- Temp:
- Warmest day:
- Coolest day:
- The weather I saw most this week was…
How to run it
- Check at the same time each day.
- Use a classroom thermometer or a weather app.
- Draw symbols: sun, cloud, raindrops, wind lines.
Talk about it
- Which day was most different?
- Can you predict next Monday?
- How does weather change what we wear?
Take it further
Compare your week with a city in another part of the world.
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