Reading Weather Maps – Storyboard
Slide Topics On-Screen Text
Objectives (~1 min) Learning Targets:
-I can use station models
to determine current
weather conditions
-I can interpret conditions
on a weather map to make
predictions about weather
Overview (~1 min)
Overview 2 (~1 min) Weather: the condition of
the atmosphere at a given
time and place.
Sample Graphics Audio Notes
n/a Navigation: Next and
previous buttons
Captivate next/previous buttons
Scientists can compile Navigation: Next and
information from weather previous buttons
stations and satellites to
help them predict the
weather.
Today, we will be
learning how to read
charts like this one from
the National Weather
Service as well as some
commonly used symbols.
Weather is the condition Navigation: Next and
of the atmosphere at a previous buttons
given time and place.
These conditions—air
temperature,
precipitation, cloud
cover, humidity, air
pressure, and wind speed
and direction—differ
from place to place at any
given time.
They also change over
time at any given place.
Vocabulary Review (11  Air Temperature: A Simple background with image Reading words (for Navigation: Next and
slides, including intro and measure of how hot or to illustrate the concept. pronunciation guidance) previous buttons
conclusion to section, as cold the air is
well as at least one check  Precipitation: Rain, Word and definition presented These words are
for understanding) (~4 snow, sleet, or hail that for notetaking. unfamiliar and need to be
mins) falls to the ground. learned (including
 Cloud cover: the spelling) so will be read
fraction of the sky and shown in this
blocked by clouds portion.
when seen from a
particular location Illustrations for ELL
 Humidity: the amount students to appear during
of water vapor in the speaking, with printed
atmosphere or in a gas definitions appearing
 Air Pressure: the force after
exerted on a surface by
the air above it as End section with
gravity pulls it to Earth interactive matching slide
 Wind direction: the to check vocabulary
rate at which air is knowledge.
moving in a particular
area
 Air mass: a large body
of air with roughly the
same temperature and
moisture conditions
throughout
 Front: a boundary or
transition zone
 between two air
masses with different
properties, such as
temperature or
humidity
Fronts (4 slides) (~3 First, we are going to Navigation: Next and
mins) look at the lines that previous buttons
appear in forecast charts
such as this one <insert Two slides for content,
arrows> without a lot of on screen
These represent fronts, text (mainly narration).
where two air masses are
meeting Then a drag/drop
interactive slide for
We see these symbols understanding check of
often to represent the dragging images of each
movement of air masses. front symbol to the
correct label.

Fourth slide: return to

weather map. Open
ended question, such as
what types of fronts do
we see here?
Air Pressure and Wind Maps like this one show Navigation: Next and
(~1 min) differences in air previous buttons
pressure, which will drive
wind. This is previously
covered content in the
Remember that air will class, so less of a focus in
always move from areas this lesson, included for
of high pressure to areas review.
of low pressure.
Possibly will add a slide
to identify isobars, but
not necessary for this
specific lesson
Station Models (~2 mins) Weather stations around Navigation: Next and
the world collect data previous buttons
about current weather
conditions at their Interactive map used to
location. generate image needs to
be adapted to simplified
These conditions can be models taught
shown quickly and easily
using symbols called Zoom in to single model
station models. or illustration to appear
of single model?

Station Model Training Identify the _________ Navigation: Next and

(~5 mins) 1. Weather previous buttons
2. Wind conditions
3. Pressure trend Guide students through
4. Cloud cover identifying features on
5. Temperature the example station
6. Dew Point model.

Series of interactive
slides with buttons to
click where the correct
answer is. Example
image shows an example
for button options.
Assessment (~5 mins) Assessment questions to
consist mainly of
multiple choice questions
for easy computer
grading. A significant
portion is integrated in
the lesson (interactive
slides).

The lesson will also have

an interactive glossary
available for review
before the assessment.