Extreme Weather Collaborative Poster Science Activity | Paper

Use this collaborative poster with your class to introduce or review extreme weather to your science class. This colouring activity takes your students 10-30 minutes. Best of all it just requires printing for you to use.  

This collaborative activity includes:

• a collaborative poster you can use any time of year. We use this to introduce extreme weather vocabulary: tornado, heat wave, blizzard, drought, hurricane, cyclone, flood, thunderstorm, hailstorm, polar vortex and more.
• suggestions for how to run the activity with your students.
• sets in 18, 24 or 36 pieces, so you can use them with any size class.
• simple instructions for your students.
• overview image to show where each piece fits into the final poster.
• pieces with different levels of detail so you can differentiate slightly.
• assembly instructions with tips for making the process as easy as possible.
• follow-up activities to extend learning.
• a vertically oriented poster. Final poster sizes depend on your printer settings, but the approximate sizes are 18 pieces 60 by 90 cm, 24 pieces 72 by 108 cm and 36 pieces 80 by 135 cm.
• individual piece sizes 18 pieces 20 by 15 cm, 24 pieces 18 by 18 cm, 36 pieces 20 by 15 cm.
• an alignment guide for Alberta outcomes.
  

This lesson aligns with:

• Alberta Science Curriculum © 2022 Grade 6 (new outcomes)

This lesson supports:

• learning about weather phenomena.

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Ninja Note: This resource requires the buyer to download the PDF and print the pieces before beginning the activity.

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