WEATHER AND ITS EFFECTS

BY HEATHER MADDOX

Content Area: Social Studies
Grade: 3
Summary: The purpose of this lesson is to introduce various types of
weather and discuss its effects on people and the land around them.
Given pictures, the students will be able to identify the type of weather
with 100% accuracy
Content Standard: Discuss how unique weather forces impact the
geography and population of a region or continent (hurricanes,
earthquakes, floods, tornadoes, drought).
Accomplishment: Students will gain an understanding of certain types
of weather and their effects.










CAN YOU LIST SOME UNIQUE TYPES OF
WEATHER?
Tornadoes
A tornado is a fast
rotating column of air
that reaches from a
thunderstorm to the
ground.

Hurricanes

A hurricane is
an intense tropical
storm with
powerful winds
and heavy rain.
Floods
A flood is the
submerging of
normally dry land by
an overflow of water.
Drought
A drought occurs when there is no
rain for a long period of time. In a
drought plants do not grow properly
and the water supply to homes and to
industry is limited.
Earthquakes
WHICH CAN BE AN EFFECT OF A TORNADO?
HOUSES CAN BE DESTROYED
TREES CAN BE UPROOTED
IT CAN TAKE LIVES
ALL OF THE ABOVE
GREAT JOB!!
All of these are
correct!!!
WHICH CAN BE AN EFFECT OF AN
EARTHQUAKE?
LANDSLIDES
RAIN
THUNDER

Excellent!!!!!
Landslides can be caused by
earthquakes.
WHAT WE LEARNED
SOME NAMES OF UNIQUE TYPES OF
WEATHER
DEFINITIONS OF THOSE TYPES OF
WEATHER
HOW SOME TYPES OF WEATHER EFFECTS
US AND THE LAND AROUND US.

TRY AGAIN!