What Factors Influence Weather
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What Factors Influence Weather? Weather is all around us and as it takes more of a center stage in our news media and our minds it will be even more important that our students know what causes weather phenomena. See a transformation in your students as their interest is piqued with this engaging resource! Scientific Discrepant Events is a full teacher resource that works to educate students using the principle of cause and effect to explore the factors that influence weather in a way that hooks them from the moment the lesson begins. This pack consists of 18 lesson plans (science experiments), complete with diagrams. Each lesson details the materials needed, the sequential steps in the procedure, an explanation as to what is happening and questions that can be asked to students regarding what they've witnessed. Lessons are numbered for easy reference and presented in a clean, easy-to-read layout.
| Uploaded | 8 years ago |
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| Last edited | 1 year ago |
| Attribution | Attribution CC BY |
| Type | Lesson Plan |
| Language | English |
| Grade(s) | 5 |
| Subject(s) | Science |
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