Investigation 1 explores the difference between weather and climate and then delves more deeply into how climate impacts what grows in a biome. This helps make the transition between the 3rd grade earth science and weather standards and the life science standards.

• Investigation 1: Materials List
• I1 1.1, Climate and Weather Lesson Plan, Bead Activity
  • 1.1, Bead Data Collection Sheet
  • 1.1, Español, Bead Data Collection Sheet
• I1 1.2, How can we learn about weather? Lesson Plan
  • 1.2, Weather at Schools Storyboard Links
  • 1.2, Weather Lesson, Español
• I1 2, Biome Introduction Lesson Plan
  • 2, Biome Student Reading and Notes
  • 2, Biome Animals
  • 2, Biome Plants
  • 2, Schoolyard Data Collection Pages