Description

Bridging research and practice, FOSS Third Edition Modules engage students and teachers in enduring experiences that lead to deeper understanding of science and engineering concepts, as well as the natural and designed world. The Air and Weather Module for Grades 1 to 2 provides experiences that heighten primary students' awareness, curiosity, and understanding of Earth's dynamic atmosphere, and provides opportunities for young students to engage in scientific and engineering practices. Students will explore the natural world by using simple instruments to observe and monitor change.

In the FOSS Third Edition The Air and Weather Complete Kit with 4 hands-on investigation activities, students will: discover properties of air by observing interactions of air with objects; demonstrate that compressed air can be used to make things move; construct parachutes, pinwheels, and kites, and observe how they interact with air; use weather instruments, including a thermometer, an anemometer, and a wind vane, to measure air conditions; observe and describe daily weather on a calendar; record observations using pictures, words, and data; graph weather observations to look for patterns in local weather conditions, precipitation, and temperature throughout the seasons; and monitor and record the changing appearance of the Moon over a month.