SS.4.G.1.3

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Explain how weather impacts Florida.

Remarks

Examples are hurricanes, thunderstorms, drought, mild climate.
General Information
Subject Area: Social Studies
Grade: 4
Strand: Geography
Standard: The World in Spatial Terms
Date Adopted or Revised: 02/14
Status: State Board Approved

Related Courses

This benchmark is part of these courses.
5021060: Social Studies Grade 4 (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2022, 2022 - 2023, 2023 - 2024, 2024 and beyond (current))
7721015: Access Social Studies - Grade 4 (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2018, 2018 - 2023, 2023 and beyond (current))

Related Access Points

Alternate version of this benchmark for students with significant cognitive disabilities.
SS.4.G.1.AP.3: Recognize an effect of weather in Florida.

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Lesson Plans

Florida Hurricanes:

The governor of Florida needs your students' help in distributing funds among Florida cities. Students will be asked to share a sum of money for hurricane preparedness systems among Florida cities. Students will be given a data set to help them develop a procedure for doing so. In their teams, they will write a letter to the governor of Florida giving their procedures and explanation of the strategy they used. Rubrics are included to help grade students on their writing.

Type: Lesson Plan

Keep it Cool –an Engineering Design Challenge:

This Engineering Design Challenge is intended to help fourth grade students apply the concepts of the flow of heat from a hot object to a cold object and that heat flow may cause objects to change temperature. It is not intended as an initial introduction to this benchmark.

Type: Lesson Plan

Presentation/Slideshow

NOAA's Hurricane Hunters: Collecting Weather Data to Track and Forecast Storms:

Learn about the exciting work of NOAA's Hurricane Hunters, who fly aircraft through hurricanes to collect weather data that helps us learn about the storms and predict their development to help the public prepare for their impacts in this PowerPoint eReader.

Type: Presentation/Slideshow

STEM Lessons - Model Eliciting Activity

Florida Hurricanes:

The governor of Florida needs your students' help in distributing funds among Florida cities. Students will be asked to share a sum of money for hurricane preparedness systems among Florida cities. Students will be given a data set to help them develop a procedure for doing so. In their teams, they will write a letter to the governor of Florida giving their procedures and explanation of the strategy they used. Rubrics are included to help grade students on their writing.

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