1: Weather Research - 2nd Grade

2: Guide Creation Information

Guide Author	Ann F. Woell
District	Moorhead Public Schools ISD 152
Date Created	06/20/2011
Guide Description	This is a guide researching the collection of Minnesota weather information and the researchers involved.

3: Guide Characteristics

Title of Main Academic Standard used in Guide	Minnesota Academic Standards in Science - 2009 Adopted Version
Grade Level	3rd
Learning Level	Introductory
National Holiday/Special Occasion (optional)	Could be used when a local meteorologist comes to the school as a guest speaker; talking about their job, and/or how weather data is collected and interpreted.
Source Format Emphasized	photos, atlas, magazine, catalog, report, cartoon
Geographic Region Emphasized (optional)	Minnesota
Other Minnesota Reflections Guide(s) Related to this Guide (optional)

4: Main Standard Emphasized in Guide

Standard Title	Minnesota Academic Standards in Science - 2009 Adopted Version
Category	Science
Strand	Earth and Space Science
Sub-strand	Interdependence within the Earth System
Standard	Weather can be described in measurable quantities and changes from day to day and with the seasons.
Benchmark 1: standard number	2.3.2.2.1
Benchmark 1: text	Measure, record and describe weather conditions using common tools.
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5: Another Standard Emphasized in Guide (optional)

Standard Title	Minnesota Academic Standards in Science - 2009 Adopted Version
Category	Science
Strand	The Nature of Science and Engineering
Sub-strand	The Practice of Science
Standard	Scientific inquiry is a set of interrelated processes incorporating multiple approaches that are used to pose questions about the natural world and investigate phenomena.
Benchmark 1: standard number	2.1.1.2.1
Benchmark 1: text	Raise questions about the natural world and seek answers by making careful observations, noting what happens when you interact with an object, and sharing the answers with others.
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6: Additional Standards and/or Skills (reading, math, media literacy, interdisciplinary)

Reading: standard number	3.6.7.7
Reading: standard text	Conduct short research projects that build knowledge about a topic.
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Media Literacy: standard number	3.8.7.7
Media Literacy: standard text	Locate and use information in print, non-print, and digital resources, and identify reasons for choosing information used.
Interdisciplinary Connection

Minnesota Reflections Resources

7: Search Strategy

Things to Think About	There are many aspects of weather and weather reporting, including large amounts of precipitation and the photos that follow. There are many cartoons about the weather that can be explored and not all are listed in this guide.
Keywords	Weather, meteorological, "local weather prediction", meteorology
Other ideas (to assist with discovery)	This guide is designed to focus on the art of measuring weather and those individuals who report and measure weather conditions. There are many correspondences about the weather that could be explored.
Challenges to finding resources on this standard	There are so many pictures of severe weather incidences to look through. There are many government reports and college information about classes having to do with weather.

8: Minnesota Reflections Top Picks

Title	Date created	Description	Format (photo, map, letter …)	"Cite the Item" link
Ninth report of the state board of health of Minnesota	1882	Page 147 and 148, detail a report on the Meteorology of Minnesota	report	http://reflections.mndigital.org/u?/mdh,145
Standard Atlas of Mower County, Minnesota of 1896	1896	Plat book of Mower County containing a digest of the system of civil government. On Supplement III (bottom of Column 2), the War Department is required to make meteorological observations and the salary of the individual is mentioned	atlas	http://reflections.mndigital.org/u?/mow,382
Standard Atlas of Mower County, Minnesota of 1896	1896	Plat book of Mower County containing a digest of the system of civil government. Supplement IV (Column 1) lists the Chief of the Weather Bureau as part of the Department of Agriculture and the salary of the individual is mentioned	atlas	http://reflections.mndigital.org/u?/mow,383
Standard Atlas of Grant County, Minnesota	1900	Plat book of Grant County containing a digest of the system of civil government. The War Department is required to make meteorological observations and the salary of the individual is mentioned. (See the first page of Digest of the System of Civil Government, bottom of Column 2.)	atlas	http://reflections.mndigital.org/u?/grh,35
Standard Atlas of Grant County, Minnesota	1900	Plat book of Grant county containing a digest of the system of civil government. This lists the Chief of the Weather Bureau as part of the Department of Agriculture and the salary of the individual is mentioned	atlas	http://reflections.mndigital.org/u?/grh,36
The Sentinel Plat Book of Martin County, Minnesota	1903	Plat book of Martin County containing a digest of the system of civil government. This lists the Chief of the Weather Bureau as part of the Department of Agriculture and the salary of the individual is mentioned	atlas	http://reflections.mndigital.org/u?/mch,368
The Mankatonian, Volume 19, Issue 3, December 1906	1906	The Mankatonian was a monthly magazine published by the students at the Mankato State Normal school. Page 22 reviews a book about weather	magazine	http://reflections.mndigital.org/u?/msu,4338
Macalester College Bulletin, Catalog Number April 1907, Volume III	1906-1907	Bulletin lists lectures for Macalester College during 1907-1908, including one about meteorology, given by a local forecaster	catalog	http://reflections.mndigital.org/u?/macal,1785
Editorial Cartoon by Bart	1909	A man wades through Lake Excelsior in the pouring rain as various animals comment on his plight. This cartoon appeared in the Minneapolis Journal, 1909	cartoon	http://reflections.mndigital.org/u?/gust,510
Standard Atlas (Plat Book) of Crow Wing County, Minnesota 1913	1913	Plat book of Crow Wing County containing a digest of the system of civil government. This lists the Chief of the Weather Bureau as part of the Department of Agriculture and the salary of the individual is mentioned	atlas	http://reflections.mndigital.org/u?/cwc,101
Neighborhoods of Duluth: Central Hillside Weather Bureau	1935	Central Hillside; Weather Bureau building built in 1904 and served until 1950	photo	http://reflections.mndigital.org/u?/nemhc,3473
Weather Bureau, St. Cloud	1939	Weather man checking looking at apparatus in side a wooden weather box on legs	photo	http://reflections.mndigital.org/u?/stearns,1659
Weather Bureau, St. Cloud	1939	Weather man squatting and checking weather apparatus	photo	http://reflections.mndigital.org/u?/stearns,1658
Weather Bureau, St. Cloud	1939	Weather man in front of weather apparatuses on wall pointing upward	photo	http://reflections.mndigital.org/u?/stearns,1657

9: Specific Minnesota Reflections Collection(s) to Consider (optional)

Stearns History Museum

10: Helpful Tips (optional)

It is better to search for meteorological information rather than just weather, because there are so many photos of precipitation to search through.

11: Ideas for Lesson Plans Using this Guide (optional)

Students can learn about measuring weather, collecting information and scientists who collect weather information. They can view weather news people from the past and how they performed their jobs.

12: Other Online Collections that Help Teach this Standard (optional)

NOAA - National Weather Service http://www.weather.gov/view/national.php?thumbs=on

Weather Wiz Kids http://www.weatherwizkids.com/index.htm