Weather Songs in the Classroom: A Lesson Guide for Teachers

The idea is to immerse students into weather terminology through research, reading, and alternative use of the words. It is my firm belief that students can and will learn vocabulary without even realizing they are learning. When they work together as a team, they are discussing, reading, and evaluating terms. Often, they must also re-write the definitions to the terms to fit them into a song. For that reason alone, students are getting lots of exposure to the true meanings of weather terms and topics. Here are a few great places to find weather terms and explanations...

• The About.com Weather Glossary
• The NOAA National Weather Service Glossary
• The Washington Post Weather Glossary
• Weather Teacher Tutorials
• EarthStorm from the Oklahoma Climatological Survey
• The BBC UK Weather Center Glossary