Dwire+February+Science+Weather+Overview

This month for science, we are going to talk about the weather. Who can tell me something about the weather?



Here is a picture of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. How does the weather look? Do you think it changes?



Here is a picture of the Oxnard harbor. How does this weather look?

Let's look at these two pictures taken on different times of the same place.



Did the weather change? How so? Are there ways that we can tell when the weather is going to change?

Some words and terms that we need to be familiar with are...

Weather is what the air is like outside.











A thermometer is a tool that measures temperature.



Temperature is how warm something is. Thermometers tell us the temperature.

A wind vane (as well as a wind sock) are tools that tell us which way the wind is blowing.





Energy is the power to cause change. Energy from the Sun warms Earth's land, air, and water.



A shadow forms when an object blocks light. You feel cooler when you move from a sunny place to a shady place.