Includes Lessons and Curriculum
Severe Weather Kit
To conduct weather experiments, students build structures that can withstand the forces of high winds, heavy rains, and flooding.
Weather curriculum teaches students about the weather patterns experienced in different locations and how the weather influences how people build structures. Then, students design and build structures to withstand the intense forces caused by severe weather for a variety of conditions and locations. Lessons for grades 3-5 combine knowledge of severe weather, climate, and forces. Accommodates 24 students. Recommended for Upper Elementary.
Standards: Aligns with NGSS
CHOKING HAZARD (1). Not for under 3 yrs.
Kit includes:
- Large solar demonstration tube, 1 Ea
- Tornado tubes, 6 Ea
- Poly snow, 1 Ea
- Ice cube tray, 1 Ea
- Balloons, 12 Ea
- Cardstock, 50-80 Pack
- Aluminum foil roll (12"), 2 Ea
- Wax paper roll (12"), 1 Ea
- Modeling clay, 4 Ea
- Plaster of Paris (5 lb), 1 Ea
- Cardboard tubes (6"L), 12 Ea
- Paper cups (12 oz), 24 Ea
- Plastic cups (5 oz), 100 Ea
- Foam trays, 24 Ea
- Plastic straws, 500 Ea
- Aluminum pie plates (9"), 18 Ea
- Felt, 12 Sheets
- Sand (500 g), 2 Pkg
- Rice (2 cups), 1 Pkg
- Jumbo craft sticks, 500 Ea
- Craft sticks, 500 Ea
- Duct tape (10 yd), 3 Rolls
- Masking tape (60 yd), 4 Rolls
- Packing tape, 2 Rolls
- Food coloring, 4 Pack
- Thermometers, 2 Ea
- Rubber bands, 2 Pkg
- Large plastic container for flood testing
- Plastic demonstration container
- Instructor manual
Next Generation Science Standards*:
- 3-ESS2-1: Represent data in tables and graphical displays to describe typical weather conditions expected during a particular season.
- 3-ESS2-2: Obtain and combine information to describe climates in different regions of the world.
- 3-ESS3-1: Make a claim about the merit of a design solution that reduces the impacts of a weather-related hazard.
- 3-PS2-1: Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence of the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on the motion of an object.
- 3-PS2-2: Make observations and/or measurements of an object’s motion to provide evidence that a pattern can be used to predict future motion.
- 4-ESS3-2: Generate and compare multiple solutions to reduce the impacts of natural Earth processes on humans.
*The Next Generation Science Standards are a registered trademark of WestEd. Neither WestEd nor the lead states and partners that developed the Next Generation Science Standards were involved in the production of this product, and do not endorse it.