Sever weather crash course
| Students profile/age of the student: | 6 -12 years old |
| Connected subject in the curriculum | Science, |
| Skills and competencies to be developed | critical thinking, content knowledge, storytelling, listening skills, |
| Terminology, keywords | Severe weather, flood, lightning, hurricane, tornado… |
| Teaching techniques and tools: | storytelling, brainstorming, |
| Materials needed: | – Beamer – Whiteboard – Blank papers – pencils |
| Materials offered | Additional links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVZExLO0MWA |
| The time needed for the activity | approx 30 minutes |
Description
Through the activity, students will learn interesting facts about raindrops, monsoons, why it is raining…
Under the provided link you get the content video for the activity:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVZExLO0MWA
The activity will trigger their critical thinking and creativity.
NOTE: When presenting the facts, make sure everybody understands them, if not provide additional explanation.
– Use the provided link and show the students the video.
– Under every phenomenon shoved stop the video.
– Discuss the phenomena
– Write the phenomena on the board and underneath it the student’s thoughts
– When done continue with the video
– Ask the students what they think about the phenomenon, did they encounter any of them, if so how did they react?
– Write down their thoughts
– Compare the findings the students offer