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Materials Related to Weather

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Chasing El Niño
by NOVA Teachers
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/teachers/activities/2512_elnino.html

Classroom activity called "Forecasting Folklore" created to evaluate the accuracy of weather folklore by formulating questions and designing experiments that put them to the test. Includes links to NOVA's online site that tracks El Niño, the NOAA's El Niño page, and other resources. The "Forecasting Folklore" activity aligns with National Science Education Standards for grades 5 through 12 for Science Standard A: Science as Inquiry.

Grade Level: 3-5; 6-8; 9-12 Curriculum: Science; Art and Culture
Resource Type: Activities Language: English
Subjects: El Niño Current; Weather--Folklore; Inquiry-based learning; Environmental sciences; Weather
Geographic locations: Pacific Ocean; General

Sponsoring Organization:
WGBH Educational Foundation
1 Guest Street
Boston MA 02135
(617) 492-2777, Ext. 5400
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/teachers/


Culturally-Based Curriculum Resources
by Alaska Native Knowledge Network
http://ankn.uaf.edu/Resources/course/view.php?id=2

Culturally responsive curriculum resources for the study of Alaska native knowledge systems and ways of learning. Database includes units, lesson plans, activities, and background material for use in the K-12 classroom, geared primarily for use in the curriculum fields of math and science. The materials are created within a culturally aligned curriculum framework reflecting indigenous knowledge systems, and incorporate oral tradition, learned skills, traditional practice, folk medicine, and native ecological perspectives which make them valuable for application in social science and humanities curricula.

Grade Level: K-2; 3-5; 6-8; 9-12 Curriculum: Science; Performing Arts; Music; Math; Language Arts; History and Social Studies; Art and Culture
Resource Type: Lesson plans; Activities Language: English
Subjects: Land use; Traditional medicine; Environmental sciences; Alaska--Social life and customs; Plants; Human ecology; Material culture; Indians of North America; Maritime culture; Oral tradition; Weather; Fishing; Animals
Geographic locations: Alaska

Sponsoring Organization:
Alaska Native Knowledge Network
University of Alaska Fairbanks, PO Box 756730
Fairbanks AK 99775-6730
(907) 474-1902
http://ankn.uaf.edu/


In the Wake of the Hurricanes - Helping Students Document Hurricanes: Interviewing and Fieldwork in the Classroom
by Louisiana Voices Folklife in Education Project
http://www.louisianavoices.org/KatrinaUnit/KatrinaUnit.pdf

Classroom resource for teachers working with 5th through 12th grade students to help them understand and cope with the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The unit involves teaching students to interview each other, community members, and family about hurricane experiences. Includes lesson plans, activities, and handouts correlated to Louisiana Content Standards. (64 p. PDF) In addition, three art lesson plans provide guidance on working with students and hurricane recovery.

Grade Level: 3-5; 6-8; 9-12 Curriculum: History and Social Studies; Art and Culture; Language Arts
Resource Type: Lesson plans; Activities Language: English
Subjects: Folklore--Fieldwork; Oral history; Inquiry-based learning; Interviewing; Hurricanes; Louisiana--Social life and customs; Weather
Geographic locations: Louisiana

Sponsoring Organization:
Louisiana Voices
Louisiana Division of the Arts
Baton Rouge LA 70804
(225) 342-8180
http://www.crt.state.la.us/arts/


The Seasonal Round
by Local Learning: The National Network for Folk Arts in Education
http://locallearningnetwork.org/the-seasonal-round/

Curriculum unit that provides a point of inquiry for K-12 students to explore how seasonal changes reflect and influence daily life and culture, holidays, festivals, and personal, family and community celebrations. Includes ideas and activities for examining and documenting how traditions vary from season to season, affected by weather, agricultural patterns, ecology, religious practice, and the recurrent yearly cycles of human life.

Grade Level: K-2; 3-5; 6-8; 9-12 Curriculum: Science; Language Arts; History and Social Studies; Art and Culture
Resource Type: Activities Language: English
Subjects: Rites of passage; Farm life; Weather--Folklore; Foodways; Folklore--Fieldwork; Fieldwork (Educational method); Holidays; Festivals; Birthdays; Ecology; Family--Folklore; Seasons; Weather; Agriculture; Occupations--Folklore; Celebration
Geographic locations: [No specific location]

Sponsoring Organization:
Local Learning: The National Network for Folk Arts in Education
c/o City Lore
72 East First Street
New York NY 10003
http://locallearningnetwork.org/


Wisconsin Weather Stories
by Wisconsin Arts Board
http://weatherstories.ssec.wisc.edu/

Interdisciplinary curriculum featuring the science and stories of weather. It offers units, lesson plans, and activities for the K-12 classroom on weather narratives such as severe weather stories and predictive sayings, and explores the occupational folklore of meteorologists. Developed in 2003, these resources include examples from Wisconsin weather and guidelines on collecting weather stories with an introduction to doing folklore fieldwork.

Grade Level: K-2; 3-5; 6-8; 9-12 Curriculum: Science; Language Arts; History and Social Studies; Art and Culture
Resource Type: Lesson plans; Activities Language: English
Subjects: Weather; Wisconsin--Social life and customs; Weather--Folklore; Folklore--Fieldwork; Interviewing; Meteorology
Geographic locations: Wisconsin

Sponsoring Organization:
Wisconsin Arts Board
101 E. Wilson Street
Madison WI 53702
(608) 266-0190
http://artsboard.wisconsin.gov/static/


 

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