Name: Megan VanGorder

PROJECT DESIGN: OVERVIEW

Name of Project: Get Your Heads in the Clouds Duration: Over 30 mins

Subject/Course: Elementary Science Teacher(s): Ms. VanGorder Grade Level: 1st

Other subject areas to be included, if any

Significant Content Twenty-first Century Science Content Standards and Objectives

(CCSS and/or others)

21st Century Collaboration x Communication x Critical Thinking x

Competencies
(to be taught and assessed)

Creativity and Innovation x Other :

Project Summary
(include student role, issue,
problem or challenge, action
taken, and
purpose/beneficiary)
In this lesson, the students will learn how to make observations of clouds and make predictions of the
oncoming weather based off of their observations. To begin, the students will observe clouds and their
corresponding weather patterns to get familiar with different clouds and the weather they
produce/accompany. The students will then work in groups to create their own weather forecasts, focusing
on different cloud formations and the weather patterns they cause or appear with. The groups will then
present their forecasts to the class and have discussions

Driving Question How are different cloud formations and weather patterns connected?

Entry Event A class "trip" outside to observe the clouds in the sky.
Products Individual: Specific content and competencies to be assessed:

Cloud journal/log, weather graphing. collecting data, graphing and representing data.

Team: Specific content and competencies to be assessed:

KWL chart, cloud models, weather forecast Observations, model creations, and presentations.
presentations.

PROJECT DESIGN: OVERVIEW

Public Audience The class will act as an audience for their peers during the group presentations of the weather
(Experts, audiences, or product users
students will engage with during/at end of forecasts
project)

Resources Needed On-site people, facilities: Outside area accessible to students.

Equipment:

Materials: Cotton balls and other materials to create cloud models.

Community Resources:
Reflection Methods Journal/Learning Log x Whole-Class Discussion
(Individual, Team, and/or
Whole Class)

Survey Focus Group

Fishbowl Discussion Other : Presentations x

Notes