During the 19th week of school, 5th graders are learning all about weather! To introduce a new long term investigation, I made a lesson plan where students built their own classroom set of weather tools. Students were placed in differentiated groups based on their recent performance in science. Each group had a different weather tool to build. The tools included a barometer, thermometer, rain gauge, anemometer, and a wind vane. After their tools were complete, students then wrote in their science notebooks a description of their tool and how to use it. Next week students will teach the class how to use their tools so we can venture into our new LTI question!
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