Middle schoolers begin this lesson by considering how weather forecasting plays an important part in their daily lives. They learn about the history of weather forecasting -from old weather proverbs to modern forecasting equipment - and how improvements in weather technology have saved lives by providing advance warning of natural disasters.

Concepts

engineering, weather forecasting, stem

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Additional Tags

meteorologist, weather technology, doppler effect, integrated teaching and learning program and laboratory, teachengineering, forecasting

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)