Florida SC.5.E.7.3
The Standard
Recognize how air temperature, barometric pressure, humidity, wind speed and direction, and precipitation determine the weather in a particular place and time.
Florida Next Generation Sunshine State Standards for Science
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students read weather measurements and use them together to describe conditions at a specific place and time. They connect pressure and humidity with clouds or rain, and wind data with how air is moving.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Given a weather station report, a student can accurately describe the conditions and cite several readings as evidence. The student can also explain where the wind comes from and whether precipitation occurred.
Common Misconceptions
- Common errors include assuming high pressure means high temperature, or treating high humidity as rainfall. Students may also reverse wind direction or confuse a barometer with a thermometer.
How to Assess It
- Give students these readings: 28°C, 1004 mb, 90% humidity, south wind at 20 km/h, and 6 mm rain. Ask them to describe the weather using at least four measurements.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Set up stations with a thermometer, barometer, hygrometer, anemometer, wind vane, and rain gauge, then have groups record and interpret readings.
Ask, “Which measurements best explain why recess feels muggy, windy, or stormy today?” and require evidence from a class weather chart.
Play a card sort matching weather reports to scene cards, then let partners defend or revise each match.
Open a local weather app, compare its readings with outdoor observations, and write a two-sentence description for the school announcement.
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