Weather Stations
Recommended for grades K–5.
Introduction
Collecting and analyzing weather data can be an important part of your Elementary Science curriculum. It might even be an ongoing part of your entire year. A variety of activities can be developed around weather data.
This project includes several examples of weather station activities that you might want to try. It also includes information describing different products that you can use for collecting weather data.
Objectives
In this project, you will use a weather station to monitor weather data over an extended period of time.
Sensors and Equipment
This experiment requires each of the following Vernier sensors and equipment (unless otherwise noted):
Additional Requirements
You may also need an interface and software for data collection. What do I need for data collection?
Standards Correlations
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Included in the Lab Book
Vernier lab books include a CD with word-processing files of the student instructions, essential teacher information, suggested answers, sample data and graphs, and more.