Title:  Weather Extremes

Grade Levels:  2nd and 3rd

Subjects:

• Health
• Physical Education
• Science

• Students will explore the weather extremes of cold temperatures vs. hot temperatures.
• Students will be able to identify preventative actions they may take to protect their body in different temperature changes.
• Students will understand how frostbite occurs and the effect it has on their bodies.

Materials:

• Word Search puzzle
• Optional teacher sites - Sunburn First Aid and Cold Injuries

• Computer
• Internet
• Power Point presentations

Teacher Notes:

• Be sure to explain to students that although we associate hot temperatures with sunburn, this is not always the case.
• May want to extend this into a Science lesson about UV rays.

Procedures:

• Teacher will discuss the extreme temperature changes we face throughout the year.  Identify seasons and the typical weather patterns that we see.
• Focus on the amount of time that we spend outdoors (in the cold and hot temperatures) having fun.
• Teacher will show "Wintertime" Power Point.  During this, the teacher needs to emphasize that frostbite is usually associated with emergency situations.  Situations like this have left one confined to the outdoors or areas of limited shelter and warmth.
• Students will visit Understanding Frostbite web site.
• Students will view "Sun Smart" Power Point.
• Students will determine their susceptibility to the sun's rays by visiting the Skin Types web site.

• Teacher can modify lesson as needed for special needs students.

Enrichment Activities:

• Students may complete weather word search puzzle.
• Students will create a new item that could be marketed to the public that would be beneficial to people in times of cold or hot temperatures.
• Students may complete sun puzzle.

•  Students will draw a picture showing themselves being careful to protect their body in both weather extremes.  Students will complete Wintertime Quiz.

West Virginia Instructional Goals and Objectives
 

• Health - 2.6, 2.7, 3.5, 3.6, 3.12
• Science - 3.5, 3.7, 3.77, 3.82, 3.85
• Physical Education - 3.3

National Standards

Health

• Knows environmental and external factors that affect individual and community health.
• Knows essential concepts and practices concerning injury prevention and safety.

• Understands the sources and properties of energy.

• Understands the benefits and costs associated with participation in physical activity.

• www.healthanswers.com/centers/topic/overview.asp?id=first+aid&filename=469.htm
• www.learn2.com/07/0743/07434.asp
• www.sunprotection.org/skin.asp
• www.thepuzzlefactory.com/words/print/wsweather.cfm

 
 
 
 

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