
What is Weather, Anyway?
What Causes the Seasons to Change?
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The Four Seasons Mini-Poster
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Then, we moved into learning about how the sunโs energy heats the Earth. So, of course to demonstrate it, we HAD to see if we could use the sunโs energy to make sโmores!We gathered up our supplies
Made our hypotheses using this scientific method lab sheet
(You can grab this sheet here!)
and piled our sโmores into a foil lined pizza box!
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We left the sโmores out all day in a sunny spot! At the end of the day, we checked on them, recorded our results and made conclusions about the sunโs energy.
(You can grab this sheet here!)
The kids were soooooooo engaged! It was a great way to demonstrate the Scientific Process and how the sunโs energy can heat the Earth!
I decided to take advantage of the *peaked* engagement and also tied in an expository writing piece, knocking out two CCSS with one stone (W 2.2, and RI.2.3)! SCORE!
Interested in trying this in your own classroom? ย I condensed all the resources I used into a fun themed Sโmore mini unit!
It includes the Scientific Process sheets (with answer key), printables for the โHow to Make a Sโmoreโ writing and craft and Iโve even included a sequencing center to help prime your students for their writings! You can head over to my TpT store to check it out!
To conclude our weather fun, we learned how to stay safe during wild weather! (A HUGE one for the lightning capital in the world!) ย Then, we made these quick and easy wild weather tip charts.
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