Additional GLOBE Weather Resources
Teacher Keys, Online Student Activity Sheets, and so much more!
Wait...even more resources?
As the UCAR team was sharing the GLOBE Weather curriculum at various workshops and conferences across the country, we quickly realized that everyone's experience in teaching weather and/or NGSS was different. To help supplement any areas that might be unfamiliar, we have compiled resources that might be useful as you teach GLOBE Weather.
You will also find a Teacher Key for the Student Activity Sheets and a version of the Students Activity Sheets that are compatible with online learning or one-to-one schools.
Activity Sheet Resources
Teacher Answer Key for Student Activity Sheets:
- Answer Key for Anchor, Lesson 1 (pdf)
- Answer Key for Learning Sequence 1, Lessons 2-6 (pdf)
- Answer Key for Learning Sequence 2, Lessons 7-11 (pdf)
- Answer Key for Learning Sequence 3, Lessons 12-15 (pdf)
- Answer Key for Culminating Task, Challenges 1-3 (pdf)
- Answer Key for all Student Activity Sheets (pdf)
- Answer Keys for Student Assessments
Student Activity Sheets in Google Classroom
Created in Google Slides, these versions of the student activity sheets are designed to be used with online learning management systems, like Google Classroom. Students use Google Drawings to draw their models digitally. Check out the Digital Student Activity Sheet Guide for more instructions on how to use these activity sheets. Make sure to log into your Google account before copying any of the sheets to your drive.
To copy all files at once into your Google Drive:
- Make sure you are signed into your Google Account.
- Navigate to the Full Curriculum folder.
- Select all files, right-click, and select Make a Copy. This will copy all files into your own Google Drive.
- Then assign the worksheets to your students in Google Classroom or another compatible learning management system.
To copy individual files into your Google Drive:
- Make sure you are signed into your Google Account.
- Select the files you want to copy. (Use the links in the Digital Student Activity Sheet Guide or navigate to a lesson using the Curriculum's Table of Contents.)
- Right-click and select Make a Copy. This will copy all files into your own Google Drive.
- Then assign the worksheets to your students in Google Classroom or another compatible learning management system.
Strategies and Science Standards
Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)
- https://www.nextgenscience.org/
- NGSS Science Practices (pdf)
- NGSS Science Task Prescreen helps you conduct a quick review of assessment tasks to determine if they might be designed for standards.
Productive Talk
- The Inquiry Project has curricula, videos, research, and PD to support using inquiry & productive talk in the classroom.
- Excerpt from Talk Science Primer (pdf), a research-based introduction to productive talk.
- Talk Moves Checklist: Goals for Productive Discussions and Nine Talk Moves
- Sentence Stems (pdf) you can use with your students
Identify and Interpret (I2) Strategy
- I2 Strategy from BSCS for Interpreting Graphs (pdf)
Additional Ways to Engage Students
Incorporate Your Local Weather Phenomena
- We realize that although the Colorado storm used in GLOBE Weather is a great anchoring phenomenon, your students may also benefit from including weather events from your local area. Our Incorporating Local Weather into your GLOBE Weather Unit page provides tips for finding historical weather events, weather data from your area, and more!
Other Activity Ideas
Some of these activities were taken directly from workshops that UCAR developed, while others were suggested by GLOBE Weather Educators.
- Misconception Activity (pdf)
- Done as an icebreaker during our workshops, this activity could also be done with your students. Each card has a different weather misconception that students can reflect on and discuss in groups (we commonly used the 1-2-4-All strategy for this activity)
- "Sky Scarf" activity from Leafcutter Designs (shared by one of our GLOBE Weather Educators!)
Online Adaptions for GLOBE Weather
Initially created for online learning during COVID-19, How To Teach GLOBE Weather During At-Home Learning has a list of ideas to help you adapt GLOBE Weather to (1) teaching with live broadcasts, (2) teaching with recorded lessons and independent student work online, and (3) teaching without access to the Internet.
GLOBE Weather Supplies and Workshops
- GLOBE Weather Supply List with URLs (this is a list of the harder to find items)
- GLOBE Weather postcard (pdf)
- More information about GLOBE Weather Workshops (coming soon!)
Join the GLOBE Weather Community!
GLOBE Weather Educators Facebook Group
Use social media to connect with educators who are using the GLOBE Weather curriculum-- ask questions, share resources, receive updates, and more! From your Facebook account, search for “GLOBE Weather Educators” or go directly to Facebook.com/groups/GLOBEWeatherEducators and select “join.” You will be prompted with three questions to verify you are a teacher.
