This thematic weather unit was created
for a second grade level. It was designed to integrate the subject areas
of the second grade curriculum. The four science components of the unit
are: temperature, precipitation, wind direction, and wind speed. Before
developing this unit, I researched what educators and researchers had to
say about thematic units and prepared a summary
of findings. I then wrote a reaction to
thematic units. Below are the areas of interest included in the weather
unit:
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Copyright 2001 Shawn
Hodges