Graphing the Weather

SCORE Mathematics

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Graphing the Weather

by Ric Cooley

Objective:

Students will be able to find a 5 day forecast on the Internet.
Students will be able to use graphing paper (html) / (pdf) to graph a 5 day forecast.

Grade Level: 4-6

Student Activities:

Students will look up the National Weather Survey on the Internet. They will then pick a location to look at a five day forecast. The student will then place the information on the graphing paper (html) / (pdf). The teacher might have to go over graphing skills with the class.

Resources:

National Weather Survey (http://www.nws.noaa.gov/)
AccuWeather (http://www.accuweather.com/weatherf/index_corp)

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California's Mathematics Academic Standards

Grade 4:
Statistics, Data Analysis and Probability
1.0 Students organize, represent, and interpret numerical and categorical data and clearly communicate their findings.
1.3 interpret one- and two-variable data graphs to answer questions about a situation

Grade 5:
Statistics, Data Analysis and Probability
1.0 Students display, analyze, compare, and interpret different data sets, including data sets of different sizes.

1.2 organize and display single-variable data in appropriate graphs and representations (e.g., histogram, circle graphs) and explain which types of graphs are appropriate for various data sets

Grade 6:
Statistics, Data Analysis and Probability
1.0 Students compute and analyze statistical measurement for data sets.

1.1 compute the range, mean, median, and mode of data sets