1 - Getting Started ~4 mins
Look at this old leaf and this scrap of paper. What do you think would happen if we left them outside in Irish rain, sun and wind for a few days?
2 - What Can Weather Do to Materials? ~5 mins
Today's words: weather means what it is like outside right now (rain, sun, wind or cold). A prediction is what you think will happen before we check.
We will watch five samples: paper, shiny silver wrap, cloth, a leaf and chalk. Which one do you think the rain will change the most?
3 - What Do We Think Will Happen? ~8 mins
Here are our five samples for the weather watch: paper, cloth, shiny silver wrap, a leaf and chalk.
Your teacher will give you two of these samples. Talk with your partner about one of them: what might rain, wind or sun do to it, and why?
Then, on your Investigation Journal page, write or draw an I think for both of your samples before we go outside.
4 - Set up Our Weather Watch ~10 mins
We will place our five samples outside in a safe spot. Stay with the class. Do not pick or taste anything outdoors.
A few helpers will help place the tray. Everyone's job is to look carefully and say one thing you notice about how a sample looks or feels right now, before the weather works on it.
5 - Record Our Day-one Look ~7 mins
On your Investigation Journal page, look at the two samples you already made a prediction for.
Your I think is already there. Now add what you can see today. Use words or a simple drawing.
Use these stems: Today it looks… / Today it feels…
Keep what you think separate from what you can see right now.
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