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Grade 2 / Topic: Hot And Cold Temperature


Is it cold or hot? What is the weather today? Students will learn about temperature by watching either “ZULA PATROL: Under the Weather” or “THE WEATHER” that followed by science talk and question/answer period.

ZULA PATROL: UNDER THE WEATHER

What is weather? What is weather made from? The stalwart heroes of the Zula Patrol are on an expedition collecting samples of weather on planet Zula for scientist Multo’s research, using their loyal pet Gorga’s ability to collect and bottle all kinds of weather. When the Zula gang inadvertently hurts Gorga’s feelings, he decides to leave Zula and find another planet to live on. Interplanetary villain Dark Truder tricks Gorga into stealing the weather from other planets as part of his latest devious scheme to rule the universe. The Zula Patrol find out and go after him. In the process, they learn all about weather, both terrestrial and interplanetary.

RUNNING TIME: 23:00 minutes
SUBJECTS COVERED: Weather, Earth Science, Life Science & Nature, Solar System, Space Science & Astronomy.

THE WEATHER

Use your senses to explore the weather; learn how to predict and measure it. The movie consists of three short movies that focuses on observations and making predictions about the weather.

Part 1 – Using the senses to observe the weather (7min)
Part 2 – Describing and measuring the weather (5min)
Part 3 – Identifying the basic features of the Water Cycle (5min)

RUNNING TIME: 17:00 minutes (Full Movie)
SUBJECTS COVERED: Senses, Ways for Weather Prediction, Making Observation, Clouds, Measuring Weather, Water Cycle.