Weather Lapbook
Library List:
Eyewitness
Books: Weather by Brian Cosgrove
Weather
Mania: Discovering What's Up and What's Coming Down by Michael
A. DiSpezio
What
Will the Weather Be? by Lynda DeWitt
Down
Comes the Rain by Franklyn M. Branley
Feel
the Wind by Arthur Dorros
Weather
Forecasting by Gail Gibbons
Weather
Words and What They Mean by Gail Gibbons
Instructions for Folding Lapbooks
Vocabulary - Here is a list of possible vocabulary words: greenhouse effect, convection, precipitation, hail, dew, frost, cloud seeding, troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, exosphere, condensation, highs and lows, wind velocity, air masses, fronts, squall lines, thunderstorms, tornado, hurricane.
Temperature - Record high and low temperatures; convert C to F and back.
Water Cycle - Draw and illustrate the water cycle.
Bible Verse - Write your favorite weather related Bible verse.
Sayings - Write some popular weather sayings.
Meteorology - Write about the history of meteorology and about some of the tools used in meteorology.
Forecasting - Keep track of daily forecasted and actual temperatures for a week. Figure the meteorologist's accuracy.
Clouds
- Write about the different kinds of clouds.
Clouds 2
Clouds 3
Extreme Weather - Write about tornadoes, hurricanes and monsoons.
Thunder and Lightning - Write about the causes of thunder and lightning.
Fog, Frost and Dew - Explain what causes fog, frost and dew.
Rainbows - Write about rainbows.
Wind - Explain what causes wind.
Fronts and Lows - Explain what causes weather fronts and lows and how they affect the weather.
Symbols - Draw some weather symbols.
Atmosphere - Name and explain the 5 layers of the atmosphere.
Greenhouse Effect - Write about the greenhouse effect.
Precipitation - Explain the different types of precipitation.
Weather Notebooking
Lightning
Ice Storm
Icicles
Rain
Snow
Thermometer
Tornado
Wind