OHC Spring Series #2 Weather Observations

OHC Spring Series #2 Weather Observations

Outdoor Hour Challenge
Spring Series #2
Spring Weather Observation

Inside Preparation Work:
Read pages 851-854 in the Handbook of Nature Study. This section is not exactly about weather, but it ties in nicely with some springtime observations of the sun and its path. You might like to construct the Shadow Stick (page 852 #13) and make observations over the next few weeks and months with your children. At the very least, look up your sunrise and sunset times to calculate how much daylight you have now that it is spring in your area.


Outdoor Hour Time:
Your Outdoor Hour time this week can be spent making observations about the weather. Enjoy whatever spring weather you are currently experiencing and spend 15 minutes outside looking at the sky, clouds, wind in the trees, dew on the grass, mud puddles after a rain, or whatever else you can experience in your part of the world.

Suggested Observations

• We saw clouds, clouds and more clouds. They were Nimbostratus clouds.
• No wind today, at least none that we could see.
  
• The air was cold, very cold. The temperature was 26 degrees.
• We still have snow on the ground.

Follow-Up Activity:
We completed our first Seasonal Weather notebook page.