DIY Homeschooler

Why chart the weather? Recording the weather helps a student:

• Learn to make observations.
• Learn to record data.
• Learn to make predictions.
• Become familiar with weather terms.

Besides, it’s fun!

First you’ll need to determine what your child will chart. This will vary depending on the age of your child.

Young children can chart the general weather — clouds, sun, rain, snow, wind, etc.

As students get older they can begin taking measurements — rainfall, barometric pressure, humidity, wind speed and direction, and temperature.

Charting the weather is a learning lifestyle activity — learning the natural way!

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Further Investigation

Weather Ingredients
Elements that combine to give us our weather.

Weather Symbols
From WeatherGraphics.com.

How to Read a Weather Map
Colorful help at NOAA.

Weather Charts
Large download for older students explaining how to read a weather chart.

Cloud Chart ~ Free
Freebie from NASA.

Activities

What’s the Weather? (archived)
Little ones can dress a bear in this interactive.

Make a Thunderstorm
Interactive where you control the weather (and learn more about the elements involved).

My Weather Station
Beautiful weather station printable!

Weather Lab
Smithsonian interactive to help students learn to predict the weather.

Summer Fun Activity: Radar & Weather Together
71-page educational resource and perfect summer fun activity to keep ’em learning!

Books

The Old Farmer’s Almanac Weather Notebook
When our old favorite went out of print we found a new one — and love it! Designed for the real weather tracker!

Gilbert Weather Bureau (Meteorology) ~ Free eBook
Introduction to all things weather.

The Weather Book by Michael Oard
Part of the Wonders of Creation series, this title covers the causes of weather, world climates, how to read a weather map, the atmosphere, warm and cold fronts, thunderstorms, tornadoes, hurricanes, and climates of the past and future. Study guide also available from the publisher.

Unit Studies & Lesson Plans

Bar Graphing With Weather (archived)
Complete lesson plan that uses weather as the impetus for learning about bar graphs.

Printables & Notebooking Pages

Weather Chart Printable
More like coloring pages for younger students from BJUPress.

What is the Weather Like Today
Very simple chart for the youngest.

Weather Tracker
Free printable chart for kids from PBSKids.org.

Weather Chart
Colorful freebie at NotebookingNook.com.

My Weather Station
Make an entire weather station with these free downloads at MrPrintables.com.

Beaufort Wind Scale
Download from NOAA along with hail size comparison chart.