Weather Unit Study
I know, I know, another unit study. I promise that by Friday I will have my next sewing project up! It will my pattern remix of Me Sew Crazy's Spring Fever Pattern for Project Run & Play's Pattern Remix Party.
There are tons and tons of resources out there for weather units. It's almost overwhelming! Here are the ones I plan to chose from when we do our weather unit study.
Everything we use for our units can be found either FREE or cheap. ;)
SCIENCE KITS -
When it comes to science kits my favorites always come from The Young Scientist Club or Magic School Bus.
Young Scientist Club kits 4 - 6 (you can opt for the monthly club but it is cheaper to buy 3 kits in one set on Amazon)
or
Adventure Science Series - Wacky Weather (Young Scientists Club)
BOOKS -
There are quite a few Magic School Bus books on weather. We will definitely be using more than one! ;)
Magic Tree House - Twister on Tuesday
Magic Tree House Fact Tracker - Twisters and Other Terrible Storms
Tornadoes! Scholastic Level 4 Reader
DK Eyewitness Weather
Storms and Hurricanes
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
Oh Say Can You Say What's the Weather Today?
KINDLE BOOKS -
What's the Weather Like Today? - FREE for Prime members
Hurricanes and Storms Unit Study - FREE for Prime members
National Geographic Kids Readers - Storms - this one is toss up of which would be cheaper, the Kindle edition or a used paperback
The Weather Detectives - $3.99
Clouds - FREE for Prime members - 99 cents
What Happens When It Snows - FREE for Prime members
Alert! Wild Weather - $1.99
FREE on We Give Books -
DK Eye Wonder Weather
The Snowy Day
DK Readers Twisters!
Groundhog Weather School
PRINTABLES -
Here is where the list can get reallllllllly long!
Weather Words Lapbook - Homeschool Share
Tornado Lapbook - Homeschool Share
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs Lapbook - Homeschool Share
Hurricanes Unit Study and Lapbook - Homeschool Share
Weather Lapbook - Homeschool Helper Online
Weather Lapbooks - Weather, Tornadoes, and Hurricanes - Squidoo
Magic School Bus Based Weather Lapbooks - Yee Shall Know
Weather Project Pack - Hands of a Child - $7
Extreme Weather Project Pack - Hands of a Child - $9
Weather Unit - Living Life Intentionally
Weather Printables - Education.com
Weather Printables and Crafts - DLTK-Kids
Weather Printables - Scholastic
Weather Pages - School Express
Weather Theme - Make Learning Fun
Weather Printables - About.com
Weather Printables - Busy Bee Kids Printables
Weather Tracking Cards - Montessori Print Shop - FREE
Whatever the Weather - Teacher's Book Bag - Currclick - FREE
My Weather Journal - Teacher's Book Bag - Currclick - FREE
Science Scribe Weather - Currclick - 96 cents
Weather Folklore - Happy Scribe Copybook - Currclick - 96 cents
All About Weather - Simple Schooling - Currclick - 99 cents
Tornadoes & Thunderstorms - Simple Schooling - Currclick - $1.99
ONLINE RESOURCES -
Montessori Inspired Weather Unit - Living Montessori NOW
Weather Crafts and Lesson Plans - Crayola
The Weather Channel Kids
How Clouds Work
Pine Cone Weather Station
Weather Related Science Projects - Squidoo
Weather Wiz Kids
Fun Weather Facts for Kids - over on the right side you will find more weather facts links
Discovery Kids - Weather
Weather for Kids! - NOAA
Weather Experiments - Steve Spangler
Books About Weather - No Time for Flash Cards
Weather Crafts - No Time for Flash Cards
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=yuAx_hk0n20
Schoolhouse Rock - Greatest Show on Earth
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=v1-Khi9i3UU
Weather for Kids - Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLdzfQtfqwBr1OJyAvpBaoPayAhiQXlpqq&feature=player_detailpage&v=WIm-bL6r4O4
The Magic School Bus Kicks Up a Storm
There are other Magic School Bus Videos, just do a search! ;)
As always, Discovery Streaming has tons of videos for weather. Just search for it! ;)
Hope you enjoy the weather resources! :D
Have fun with ya'lls studies....
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to the dress. the pattern is adorable..
Thanks, Judy!!!
ReplyDeleteI have all my pieces cut and pinned! Now I just need to get sewing!!! :)
So many resources... your energy level is amazing!
ReplyDeleteLOL!! Thank you!!!!
ReplyDeleteIt really does take a good bit of time and effort to put all this stuff together! SHEW!! LOL
Love the resources that you have pulled together. I also love teaching the Magic School Bus hands on science lessons. I have pinned this to come back to later so I can dig through all of your links that you shared. Thank you for linking up this week to the Hearts for Home Blog Hop!
ReplyDeleteThank you!!!! I hope they are helpful! :)
ReplyDeleteGreat list of resources! We love studying the weather. It's a subject we go back to time and again. We live in Illinois, so the weather is always changing.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Marci!!!!
ReplyDeleteYep, we have weather before, too! LOL
What a great list of book. Thanks for including our Weather Unit =)
ReplyDeleteThanks for linking up to TGIF! Hope to see you again tomorrow,
Beth
Thanks!!!!
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome!!!! :)
What a great resource!! Thank you for sharing at Sharing Saturday!!
ReplyDeleteThank you very much, Carrie! :D
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