This Water Cycle Worksheet helps 4th graders label the stages of the water cycle, match science terms to clues, and explain the process in their own words. Includes an answer key — a no-prep way to reinforce earth science vocabulary.
While watching the Weather Song (Animated Music Video), students learn about different types of weather conditions by listening to the repetitive lyrics loaded with key vocabulary.
This erosion drawing worksheet asks 4th graders to label six examples as weathering or erosion, then draw and label their own picture of erosion at work. Answer key included.
This natural disasters research worksheet has 4th graders match each event to how it forms, then research and record one fact and one safety step for earthquakes, tornadoes, blizzards, and floods. Answer key included for quick checking.
A Weather Instruments Match Worksheet for 4th Grade: students match six weather tools to what they measure, pick the right instrument for real situations, and explain their thinking. Answer key included for fast, no-prep science practice.
These Cloud Cut Outs quickly give you templates that can be easily cut and applied for classroom decoration or student activities
The Too Much Precipitation Weather Worksheet helps 4th Grade students tell a flood from a flash flood and a watch from a warning. An answer key is included, so kids build weather vocabulary and stay prepared.
Using this Weather Mini Pack, students learn about Weather through ten fun worksheets and three activities.
With this cloud elevation map worksheet, 4th graders sort six cloud types into high, middle, and low bands and explain their thinking. An answer key makes checking quick.
While listening to the Weather Song (MP3), students learn about different types of weather conditions by listening to the repetitive lyrics loaded with key vocabulary.
UsingJeopardy Natural Disasters Activity, students play to review facts about natural disasters that occur on Earth.
This weather warning vocabulary worksheet helps 4th graders tell an advisory from a watch from a warning, and adds forecast, humidity and thermometer. Answer key included for fast, no-prep science review.
This save the snowman temperature activity has 2nd-4th grade students hunt for snowman cards, read each thermometer and decide if the snowman melts. Answer key included.
This Storm Warning Reading Comprehension Worksheet helps 4th grade students read a two page storm story and answer questions with text evidence. An answer key is included for quick, easy checking.
Using these Basic Weather Flash Cards, students improve their weather condition vocabulary by describing the colorful flash cards.
Clouds, storms and weather detectives.
In 4th grade, kids learn that weather is what the air is doing right now, and that scientists measure it with tools. They read a thermometer, a rain gauge, a barometer and an anemometer, then use the data to describe and predict weather. They connect weather to the water cycle: water evaporates, condenses into clouds and falls as precipitation. Kids also learn how to tell cloud types apart and what makes weather dangerous, from floods to tornadoes, and how people prepare for them. The click moment is when kids look at dark, towering clouds and say, "Storm's coming!"
Weather is happening right outside the window. These moves turn kids into real weather watchers.
Kick off the unit with a weather song and have kids act out each kind of weather they hear. Then post the new words on a chart. A song gives everyone the same vocabulary before the science gets deeper.
Why it works: a catchy, repeating tune gives the brain a hook to hang words on, so sung text is remembered better (Wallace, 1994).
Try it withWeather Song (Animated Music Video)SongsOpen it →Show pictures of weather instruments and ask "What does this one measure?" Then set up a mini weather station outside and record readings for a week. Kids remember the tools they actually used.
Why it works: children learn more from words and pictures together than from words alone (Mayer, 2009).
Try it withWeather Instruments Match WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →Have kids cut out cloud shapes and sort them by type and height in the sky. Then step outside and match the real clouds to the sorted ones. Repeat on different days to see how clouds change with the weather.
Why it works: the U.S. Department of Education's guide for teaching elementary math recommends moving from hands-on objects to drawings to numbers.
Try it withCloud Cut OutsActivitiesOpen it →Wild weather, game shows and a melting snowman.
ActivitiesTeams answer questions about hurricanes, tornadoes and earthquakes in a quiz-show format.
Open Jeopardy Natural Disasters Activity →
ActivitiesKids test which materials keep an ice cube "snowman" from melting and track the temperature as they go.
Open Save the Snowman Temperature Activity →
AssessmentsKids read about a big storm and pick out the safety steps people should take.
Open Storm Warning Reading Comprehension Worksheet →Teacher favorites right now: Water Cycle Worksheet, Weather Song (Animated Music Video) and Erosion Drawing Worksheet.
Fourth graders learn about weather instruments, cloud types, the water cycle, weather patterns and severe weather. They use weather data to describe conditions and make simple predictions.
Weather is what is happening in the air today, like rain or sunshine. Climate is the usual weather pattern in a place over many years, like a desert being hot and dry.
A thermometer measures temperature, a rain gauge measures rainfall, a barometer measures air pressure and an anemometer measures wind speed. A wind vane shows wind direction.
Keep a weather journal for a week: record the temperature, cloud types and whether it rained. Then look for patterns. A simple rain gauge made from a clear jar works well too.
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