Weekly Weather STEAM With Miss Leigh

Each week, we will begin our meeting with a "window check" where each student checks the weather outside and reports back to the class.  This will help encourage confidence when speaking in front of peers, as well as reinforce the concept of taking turns and listening.  We will even do a yoga pose or movement activity that relates to the weather observed.

Next, we will have a class discussion about the weather theme of the week (see schedule below).  The teacher will share some photos and videos to help the students visualize the concepts.

Lastly, we will do a STEAM activity each week.  STEAM stands for science, technology, engineering, art, and math, so the different activities will touch on different aspects of STEAM over the weeks. As we work on the activity, we will continue to discuss the theme of the week and the science behind it.

Schedule:

Week of 9/10:       Topic: Rainbows
                           Activity: "Grow a Rainbow" experiment
Week of 9/17-      Topic: Thunderstorms
                            Activity: "Yarn Paint Storm" art
Week of 9/24-       Topic: Water Cycle
                           Activity: "Water Cycle in a Bag"
Week of 10/1-       Topic: Types of Clouds
                           Activity: "Cotton Ball Clouds"
Week of 10/8-      Topic: Wind
                           Activity: Wind Art (paint and straws)
Past Topics:
Week of 12/20-    Topic: Tornadoes
                             Activity: "Tornado in a Bottle" experiment
Week of 12/27:    Topics: Types of Clouds
                            Activity: Modeling clouds with cotton balls and black/gray markers
Week of 1/3:        Topic: Measuring Precipitation
                            Activity: DIY rain or snow gauge
Week of 1/10:     Topic: Wind
                           Activity: DIY anomometer
Week of 1/17:     Topic: Tracking Weather
                           Activity: Collaborative weather graph
Week of 1/24 -   Topic: Wind
                           Activity: "Wind Painting" art
Week of 1/31-    Topic: Hurricanes
                           Activity: "Wind-proof House" engineering challenge
Week of 2/7-     Topic: Snow
                           Activity: "Snowstorm in a Bottle" experiment
Week of 2/14-     Topic: Water Cycle
                             Activity: "Rain in a Bag" experiment
sun/paper plate