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Today In History
The National Weather Service was authorized by Congress in 1870.
On this day in 1870, the Secretary of War was authorized by joint resolution of Congress to establish a national weather service. Under the theory that military discipline would ensure greater regularity and accuracy within the service, this office was originally placed under the Department of War. It was given its first name, The Division of Telegrams and Reports for the Benefit of Commerce, by Brigadier General Albert J. Myer of the Signal Service Corps.
ARTSEDGE
Weather and Wind (K-4) introduces the expanding and condensing properties of air masses and the unequal heating of the Earth as the force behind the wind. Students learn about choreography to use movement skills to communicate information about the structure and attributes of the atmosphere.
Illuminations
In the Illuminations lesson Weather Watchers (3-5), students collect and analyze weather data, and then use them to make a stem and leaf plot.
Students' own clothing choices provide the basis for graphing and discussing the weather in What's the Weather? (Pre-K-2).
Collecting, Representing, and Interpreting Data Using Spreadsheets and Graphing Software: Collecting and Examining Weather Data (3-5) illustrates how weather data can be collected and examined using spreadsheets and graphing software.
(9-12).
Through the study of their own community How's the Weather Today? (K-2) introduces elementary students to weather and temperature trends in different latitudes of the United States.
Middle school students identify and map climate controls, and then use what they have learned to predict the weather in several cities in Climate Controls (6-8).
Smithsonian's History Explorer
Reading Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie (K-4) includes four strategies that will help adults and children actively read a work of children's literature about a young heroine who runs her family's lighthouse during a fierce storm.
Wonderopolis
In Where Does Fog Come From? (PK-6), students consider the role that water plays in determining the weather.
Date:
Thu, 02/09/2012
