Weather Prediction Practice – Task Cards & Quiz

This resource is your one stop solution for lessons that finish too early and days when you need to review in a fun way! This set of Weather Prediction Task Cards is super versatile and can be used in many ways!

Topics Covered:

• Cloud Types
• Fronts
• Air Pressure
• Convection
• Winds

Who is this resource for?

This resource can be used by classroom teachers, tutors, and parents of students in grades 6-9. It provides a variety of practice covering the mentioned topics.

How Can I Use this Resource?

• An independent work station in a set of stations
• Differentiation – Assign these task cards as reteaching for students who have yet to show mastery.
• Creation of independent work students who are not able to be present for direct instruction.
• Extension activity for early finishers or for students who show a special interest in the topic
• Use as a square on a Choice Board
• Scavenger hunt – Hide cards around the room for students to find. Great for students who need to be moving!
• Fishing – Put all the questions in a bowl and have students come up and “fish” for a new question while throwing their old question back. This is a great activity for students who enjoy being hands on.
• Sticky Hands – (if you dare) let kids pick cards with sticky hands
• Have students pull a question and answer it correctly to earn privileges like leaving for lunch.
• Use the questions individually as a warm up or closure activity
• Formative or Summative assessment – Use the Google Forms version of this file to quiz your students and get automatic feedback!

What’s Included?

• 20 Task Cards
• Student Answer Sheet
• Answer Key

Purchase includes a printable PDF file in color with answer key. On page 2 of this resource you will find a link to a student friendly Google Form version of this file. You will be able to copy this file and use it with Google Classroom or any other paperless initiative.

Please take a look at the preview file to see more of this resource.

More questions?

Email me at laneyleeteaches@gmail.com

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NGSS Standards covered by these weather prediction practice questions:

MS-ESS2-5 Collect data to provide evidence for how the motions and complex interactions of air masses result in changes in weather conditions. Emphasis is on how air masses flow from regions of high pressure to low pressure, causing weather (defined by temperature, pressure, humidity, precipitation, and wind) at a fixed location to change over time, and how sudden changes in weather can result when different air masses collide. Emphasis is on how weather can be predicted within probabilistic ranges. Examples of data can be provided to students (such as weather maps, diagrams, and visualizations) or obtained through laboratory experiments (such as with condensation). Assessment does not include recalling the names of cloud types or weather symbols used on weather maps or the reported diagrams from weather stations.