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Grade 4 Science · World 5: Weather Station · Level 31
Reading Weather Data
Read tables and graphs of weather data and use them to forecast.
Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.
What children learn in Level 31
- Forecasters don't guess. They collect numbers, day after day, and look for patterns.
- A forecast is a prediction of the weather based on data. It says what will probably happen, because weather can surprise us.
- Tables keep data neat. This one shows a week of highs. Read across to find a day, and down to find a kind of data.
- Graphs show the pattern at a glance. Here, the bars get shorter, so the highs are dropping day by day.
Georgia Standards of Excellence in Science:
- S4E4.a — Construct an explanation of how weather instruments (thermometer, rain gauge, barometer, wind vane, and anemometer) are used in gathering weather data and making forecasts.