Weather and Climate Lesson

Today my colleagues taught the students about weather and climate. They started their direct lesson by providing the students with an agenda, so they knew what to expect. They also explained the pencil icon and that every time the icon was displayed on the slide, it was important information to write down in their science journals. My colleagues gave great information on each topic of weather and climate and they provided awesome checks for understanding; especially with the use of a cloud or lightning bolt manipulative to answer the questions. They kept the students engaged by working on a Venn diagram together and offering a Kahoot quiz for fun. The students really enjoyed both of these activities.  Their inquiry instruction was very creative. My colleagues had the students become Meteorologists for the day, in which they had to break up into groups and become experts on a certain severe weather topic. Each of the groups investigated their severe weather topics by answering 7 questions on a sheet provided to them. They used books and videos to help them find the information. Once the students were done investigating they made posters to display the information they learned. After they completed their posters, they became teachers and taught their classmates about their sever weather topics. The students were extremely excited to present their posters to their classmates. My colleagues ended their lesson by having the students complete a tweet, which I thought was a really cool and creative idea. The students had to tweet about one thing they learned about sever weather. Overall, they did a fantastic job, had great classroom management skills, and used unique techniques to make their lessons fun.