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Mariah Besplug
Science
Weather Heroes

Date
Grad
e
Time

June 10, 2015

5
15 minutes

Students will investigate relationships between weather

phenomena and human activity.
14. Students will test fabrics and clothing designs to choose
those with characteristics that most effectively meet the
challenge of particular weather conditions; e.g., water
resistance, wind resistance, protection from cold.
Students will:
Identify which fabrics (nylon, light polyester, and
fleece) protect best against cold and wind.
Synthesize data from the experiment to create a
clothing design based around specific weather
conditions.
Designing a costume for a super hero who deals with
certain weather conditions.
Discussion of the importance of knowing which fabrics
meet the challenge of particular weather conditions as
closure.
2 fans
4 pieces of each type of fabric, labeled
Instruction hand out (one for each student)
Ice cubes
Pictures of people poorly dressed for the weather
Outline of Superhero (one for each group)

Introduction
(1 minute)

Body

Show pictures in which people are dressed

inappropriately for the weather.
what do all the pictures have in common
Explain the outcome of the lesson and where we will be
going:
(2 minutes) Give instructions for the experiment (also
ED 2500 Orientation to Teaching
Instructor: Kurtis Hewson

wind station
-test what fan feels like on your bare skin for 5
seconds, keeping it a hand length away
-place one piece of fabric on your hand (5sec)
-try the other fabrics for five seconds each.
-record how the different fabrics protected using
worksheet

Break them up into groups (predetermined by

cards):1=wind 2=cold
4 minutes at one station then gather attention by
bringing it back in five, four, three, two, one and 4
minutes at other station.
Bring it back in five, four, three, two and one have
students return to tables and sit in their groups.
(30 seconds) Explaining weather hero
(2.5 minutes) building blueprint of hero
(30 seconds) to share.
(1 minutes) Closing question: Why do you think it is
important to know what types of fabrics protect against
different types of weather? (Be comfortable, so you
dont get sick, to protect your skin)

(10
minutes)

Closure
(4 minutes)

having them up on the board)

cold station
-test what the ice cube feels like on your bare skin for 5
seconds.
-place one piece of fabric on your hand,
placing an ice cube on top of it (5 sec)
-try the other fabrics for five seconds each
-record how the different fabrics protected using
worksheet.

ED 2500 Orientation to Teaching

Instructor: Kurtis Hewson