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    You are here: Home / Learn / Math Activities / Tracking the Weather with Kids

     

    Tracking the Weather with Kids

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    In November Kiddo tracked the daily high and low temperatures on a piece of graph paper. This was fun for him since he is so loves numbers and all things weather-related. He liked studying the graph everyday while he ate (it hung and the wall near the table). I think if we do this again, we will use a larger graph (easier for little fingers), but he enjoyed it.

    For older kids you could make this into a more advanced project by:

    1. tracking the difference in high and low temperature every day
    2. tracking the discrepancy between the predicted and the actual temperatures
    3. calculating the change in temperature from day to day
    4. calculating the average temperature

    For Preschoolers there are lots of fun ways to track the weather, take a look at the weather wheel Kiddo made two years ago.

    This post was originally a guest post (1/16/11) at All Things Beautiful.

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    1. MaryAnne says

      February 22, 2012 at 6:28 pm

      This is a great idea! I've been thinking I should do more weather-oriented activities with the kids...

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    2. Raising a Happy Child says

      February 23, 2012 at 5:18 am

      Anna's class does weather tracking in school, and her teacher calculates an average temp for them. Anna finds a concept of averages very fascinating. I find it fascinating that she understands Fahrenheits - we are still operating in Celsius at home.

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