Elicit non-trivial dialogue from students. Guide students to reflection and analysis of the experience. Encourage students to share their perceptions and beliefs. Summarize and review similarities and differences.
Students make chart of gathered forecasting folklore.
Objective: To hook students into thinking about weather forecasting folklore.
Activity: Teacher reads excepts from Pioneer Superstitions, "Weather Signs" section, as students listen to weather sounds tape. Assigns collection of weather lore sayings from relatives, neighbors, friends.
