Amazing World Records of Weather: 20 Innovative, Easy-To-Integrate Lesson Plans Teach Key Concepts and Motivate All Students!

A great way to teach weather Capture students' imagination with a jaw-dropping world record and then build on that interest to teach core ideas.

For example, a lesson on the world's greatest rainfall (it's 73.62 inches-in one day ) leads to activities in which students construct rain gauges, record rainfall, and learn about the types of liquid precipitation. Students learn what makes weather, construct their own barometers, model the Coriolis Effect, apply the Beaufort scale, explain how snowflakes form, and conduct dozens of other high-interest activities.

Grades 5-9. Recommended by the National Science Teachers Association.

60 Reproducible Activity Sheets. Teaching Tips. Complete Answer Key.

Part of the Amazing World Records Series of books

Amazing World Records of Weather includes a rich assortment of topics:

World's Sunniest Place World's Hottest Place World's Highest Temperature World's Coldest Place World's Lowest Temperature World's Highest Air Pressure World's Lowest Air Pressure World's Windiest Place World's Highest Wind Speed World's Wettest Place World's Greatest Rainfall World's Greatest Snowfall World's Driest Place World's Foggiest Place World's Heaviest Hail World's Deadliest Hurricane World's Worst Tornado World's Worst Flood World's Worst Weather Disaster World's Worst Weather"