Pose questions about the characteristics of local, national, and global weather conditions.

Demonstrate properties of air, in that air takes up space, has weight, expands and rises when heated, exerts pressure, and moves from areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure.

Measure, describe, and represent patterns in indoor and local outdoor air movement.

Design and safely carry out an experiment to determine the effects of solar energy on different surfaces (e.g., water, soil, sand, asphalt, concrete, grass, and wood).

Record and share, using tables, charts, diagrams, and graphs, the results of experimentation into the effects of solar energy on different surfaces.

Develop simple conclusions about the relationship between the amount of energy absorbed by a material and the nature of the material.

Relate the transfer of energy from the sun to the heating of Earth's surface by providing examples of surfaces that heat at different rates and locations (e.g., desert, forest, island, and summerfallow field) that have different temperatures.

Describe the characteristics of severe weather events, such as hurricanes, tornadoes, blizzards, hailstorms, droughts, and tropical cyclones, including the role of air movement and solar energy transfer in those events.

Relate weather extremes (e.g., hottest air temperature, lowest air temperature, greatest rainfall, highest wind speed, and heaviest hailstone) to specific locations in Canada and on Earth.

Compare weather conditions locally, regionally, and across Canada at various times throughout the year.

Examine weather lore and animal behaviours in traditional and contemporary cultures as tools to predict weather conditions.

Predict patterns in local, regional, and global weather over a given time frame (e.g., a day, a week, a month, and a year).

Suggest explanations for patterns or discrepancies between predictions of weather patterns and actual data for a given location during a given time interval.

Identify examples of local, national, and global weather phenomena that Canadian scientists are currently studying (e.g., UV protection, wind chill, ozone layer, seasonal snow cover, and temperature trends).