Launch
You will launch your weather station investigation by noticing weather signs, making a first prediction, trying simple tools, and starting your notebook so you are ready to ask stronger questions and collect evidence in the next phase.
Days 1 - 2
🌤️ Schoolyard Weather Notice
Launch 45m
🛠️ Weather Tool Tryout
Knowledge/Skill Building 45m
Wonder & Question
You will investigate a surprising weather change, turn your wonderings into a focused class-ready question, decide what evidence to collect, and practice making predictions you can later compare with real observations.
Days 3 - 8
🌦️ Mystery Weather Notice
Launch 45m
❓ Strong Weather Questions
Knowledge/Skill Building 45m
🗣️ Question Card Feedback
Deliverable 45m
📓 Prediction and Evidence Setup
Knowledge/Skill Building 45m
📋 Data Plan Choices
Project Work 45m
✅ Investigation Plan Conference
Assessment 45m
Plan & Build
You will finalize a clear weather data collection method, build and label your weather station tools, practice using them the same way each time, and set up a notebook-and-chart system that connects your instruments to the evidence you will collect.
Days 9 - 13
🧭 Weather Method Map
Knowledge/Skill Building 40m
🛠️ Rain Gauge and Windsock Build
Project Work 45m
📝 Weather Notebook Setup
Knowledge/Skill Building 40m
👀 Tool Test and Peer Check
Deliverable 45m
✅ Evidence Plan Checkpoint
Assessment 45m
Analyze & Present
You will turn your weather notes and measurements into charts, look for patterns across days and weeks, test your ideas against the evidence, and get your class weather station display ready. You will use peer feedback to strengthen your explanations before giving a short presentation about what your data shows, including one time your prediction matched and one time the evidence changed your thinking.
Days 14 - 18
📊 Weather Chart Patterns
Knowledge/Skill Building 45m
🔍 Prediction Evidence Talk
Knowledge/Skill Building 35m
🧩 Weather Station Display Draft
Deliverable 45m
💬 Two-Peer Feedback Round
Project Work 45m
🎤 Weather Evidence Presentation
Assessment 45m
Showcase
You will share your class weather station display with a real audience, explain how your tools and weather records answer the investigation question, and reflect on how your predictions matched or changed when you looked at evidence.
Days 19 - 20
🖼️ Weather Station Museum Walk
Deliverable 45m
🌦️ Weather Watch Showcase
Assessment 45m