Virginia SOL 6.7.f
The Standard
weather maps give basic information about fronts, systems, and weather measurements.
Virginia Standards of Learning for Science
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students read map symbols for fronts, high and low pressure systems, and weather measurements. They use the map to describe current conditions and predict likely weather changes.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students correctly identify warm, cold, stationary, and occluded fronts. They connect pressure, temperature, precipitation, and wind data to a supported weather prediction.
Common Misconceptions
- Students often confuse warm-front and cold-front symbols or think the symbols show wind direction. They may assume high pressure brings storms and low pressure always means severe weather.
How to Assess It
- Give students a labeled weather map and ask, “What weather will Richmond likely experience next? Name two map details that support your answer.”
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs a printed weather map and colored pencils to trace fronts, circle pressure systems, and label nearby weather conditions.
Ask students to write: What weather will City A likely experience next, and which map evidence supports your claim?
Play weather-map bingo using symbols, pressure readings, wind barbs, and fronts while students cover the matching term or condition.
Compare the morning forecast map with local observations, then have students explain why the forecast did or did not match.
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Related Standards
- 6.7.e
atmospheric measures are used to predict weather conditions; and
- 2.6.b
measuring, recording, and interpreting weather data allows for identification of weather patterns; and
- 2.6.c
tracking weather allows us to prepare for the weather and storms.
- 4.4.a
weather measurements create a record that can be used to make weather predictions;
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