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Weather Lesson | Wind Speed and Direction | Paper and Digital

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Your students will learn about how wind is measured so they can use the information to prepare an imaginary evacuation map for a city. It only takes minutes to prep these activities which will keep your students learning for days.

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

This engaging resource includes:

  • detailed lesson plan with tasks for direct teaching, guided practice, reading passages, drawing, independent practice, and extension activities.
  • basic background information for teachers and students about wind speed and direction and how they are measured.
  • the Beaufort Scale.
  • wind measuring instruments for speed and direction.
  • student pages and templates.
  • answer keys and suggested answers.
  • photographs of student examples.
  • a critical thinking task to practice what students have learned.
  • a scoring guide for the critical thinking task.
  • a digital version with loose text that can be read by assistive technology.
  • metric and customary measurements.
  • Canadian/British and American spellings.

This resource aligns with:

  • Alberta Program of Studies Grade 5 Science Weather Watch

This resource supports:

  • any weather unit.

                                                                                              Ninja Note: To access the digital version, download the PDF and use the link in that file. 

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