Curriculum Guides

Grade Level: Second

Content Area: Measurement

Skills: Explore and apply quantities, measurement, computation, and problem solving-

To provide the use of estimation skills by using weather forecasting information.

Instructional Practice: Reasoning and Connections

Technology: MECC

Estimation: Quick Solve I

Math Safari

Activity:

After watching a television weather report, record predicted inches of snow fall for five counties. Then total the estimated snow fall inches for the five counties. Then compare the predicted snow fall with the estimated snow fall to actual measured snow fall. (How close was the estimated snow fall to actual snowfall? Was each county's prediction correct?)

Theme Ideas: Since students are always looking for snowy days off from school they love to watch the weather reporter on television. Make the weather forecast into a math lesson.