This is intended as a third grade educational Blog to accompany a unit on weather. The activities in this Blog are aligned with the state curriculum.

1. Weather For All LEARNING FOR ALL AND ALL FOR LEARNING WITH MRS. WALKER 1

2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMGYFedy-rU What causes the tornado inside of the bottle? 2

3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reEQfFVeJUw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvTnyRHEZSQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7vDwS70K8Q http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUV9fpRXvmw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5Kbw1ctKXg 3

4. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULvujTon5tU Choose a question and answer it in the Blog. What is a cloud in your words? OR What is fog? 4

5. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKWkHwwqCRo In case you haven’t seen it, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs is a great movie! In this story, the main character (Flint) creates a machine that makes food fall from the sky as rain. The people of the town use the machine until it will no longer works correctly. It begins making the food larger and larger and larger, until…… disaster! We have all seen it rain. Think about this movie, what do you think would happen if the rain wouldn’t stop? What do you think would happen if the storm just kept getting worse? 5

6. STORMY WEATHER http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpP96pnX00w http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVppfnXtPZ4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqI1wC0ED4U http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Duz-2v1Omvc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s76Qn7bpCsQ What do you think people can do to protect themselves during these storms? 6

7. “Red sky at night, sailor’s delight. Red sky in morning, sailor’s warning” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrzWh4cp4NA Red sky at night, sailor’s delight.When we see a red sky at night, this means that the setting sun is sending its light through a huge group of dust particles. This usually means high pressure and stable air are coming in from the west. Basically good weather is coming. Red sky in morning, sailor’s warning.A red sunrise reflects the dust particles of a system that has just passed from the west. This means that a storm system may be moving to the east. If the morning sky is a deep fiery red, it means there is a great deal of water in the atmosphere. So, rain is on its way. Why would this saying be important to a sailor or fisherman? 7

8. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqpFU5SRPgY So what do you think the weather will be like today and why? 8

9. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1dN6CMA-lQ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Describe what it would be like outside the week of the 6th through the 10th. Would you want to play on the playground? Why or why not? 9