Rolling Thunder is a project that was developed by teachers for today's classrooms.  It was written to assist teachers in fulfilling the curriculum requirements for the sixth grade at Woodrow Wilson School in Bayonne, NJ.  However, this project is applicable to a variety of ages and grade levels in order to introduce many scientific, mathematical, language, and technological concepts.  Below is our suggested classroom implementation strategy.   Linked at the bottom of this page are all the New Jersey Core Curriculum Standards (Grades 4-8), that will be fulfilled upon completion of this unit.

This project is an interdisciplinary unit.  Click Here for information about project leaders.  Following is a table indicating the estimated time frame for teaching these lessons.
 

Science & Math

Language Arts & History

 

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Week #1	Introduction to Weather  Concept Map	Introduction to Severe Weather	Introduction to Thunderstorms	Science  Lesson #1	Science Lesson #2 (Hands-On Activity)
	Review map of United States	Prepare Journals For Weather Unit	Read Local Weather Maps from Local Newspaper. Emphasis on Geography vs. Weather

 

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Week #2	Math  Lesson #1	Math   Lesson #2	Real Time Data Project#1	Real Time Data Project#2	Look at prediction results.  Assessment
	Language Arts   Lesson #1	Language Arts   Lesson #2	Language   Arts   Lesson #3	Safety Plan

***NOTE : The writing in BOLD indicates that these lessons have associated web pages.

CLICK HERE to view the New Jersey Core Curriculum Standards (Grades 4-8), that will be fulfilled upon completion of this unit.
 

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