Weather Lessons | Precipitation | Paper and Digital

Teach your students about rain, snow, hail, sleet, and freezing rain with these activities that only take moments to prepare. Students read, draw, experiment, and write in this quick set of lessons that are perfect for your weather unit.

This resource is included in our Grade 5 Alberta Science Bundle. It is also part of our Weather Bundle.

This engaging resource includes:

• complete instructions for each of the activities.
• each type of common precipitation: rain, snow, sleet, freezing rain, and hail.
• dew and frost (and why they are not precipitation).
• comparing hoar and rime frost.
• background information for teachers.
• student pages and templates.
• answer keys or suggested answers.
• photographs of student examples.
• Canadian and American spellings.
• Fahrenheit and Celsius measurements.
• a digital version with loose text that can be read by assistive technology.

This resource aligns with:

• Alberta Program of Studies Grade 5 Science Weather Watch

This resource supports:

• any weather unit.